A tampered Ledger hardware wallet attack, previously affecting users in Asia, has reportedly reached Europe. A user reported purchasing a modified device from the retailer MediaMarkt. While Ledger has not confirmed the European incident is linked to the Asian campaign, the company previously advised customers who bought devices from the reseller CryptoBilis within the last 90 days to transfer their assets.
Security firm Veria Labs received a $250 000 bounty for identifying a vulnerability in the XRP Ledger that could have allowed the creation of 18 trillion XRP. The bug, which existed since 2015, was patched by RippleX three days after its disclosure on September 22. The potential exploit threatened the entire market capitalization of XRP, estimated at $94 billion.
Samsung plans to integrate USDC transfers into its Samsung Wallet app for 82 million users in the United States by the end of October. The service will enable international transfers to compatible wallets and bank accounts in over 60 countries. Bastion will provide the infrastructure, with Coinbase acting as a sub-custodian and Solana and Sui serving as technical partners.
Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky has been permanently banned from the cryptocurrency, securities, and commodities industries following a settlement with the New York Attorney General. The agreement includes up to $35 million in conditional payments. Mashinsky is currently serving a 12-year federal prison sentence for fraud related to the collapse of Celsius in 2022.
Bitmine chair Tom Lee announced that the firm is nearing a 5% ownership target of Ethereum, having accumulated approximately 6 million ETH. Lee stated that the company intends to stop accumulation once it reaches this 5% cap. Additionally, Tether briefly blacklisted THORChain vault addresses, freezing 1.45 million USDT before unfreezing them hours later.
