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TRX Chainalysis: scammer loses nearly $5M in bitcoin in Ledger spy-chip exploit
Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets. The scammer lost almost $5 million in bitcoin in the Ledger spy-chip exploit.
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Chainalysis says a fraudster who ran fake online job scams became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets. BTC
“Chainalysis says a fraudster who tricked people through fake online jobs became one of the biggest victims of the compromised hardware wallets.”
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The scammer lost almost $5 million in bitcoin in the Ledger spy-chip exploit. BTC
“Scammer gets scammed in Ledger spy-chip exploit, loses almost $5 million in bitcoin”
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