Ledger has since attributed the exploit to a phishing attack on a former employee.
More decentralized applications (dApps) have temporarily disabled their front-end user interface for Ledger Connect amid today’s exploit.
Developers of nonfungible tokens (NFT) platform OpenSea said on December 14 that users should “not connect to any dApps using Ledger Connect until further notice.”
Meanwhile, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Lido Finance stated its “front-ends have been switched off as a precautionary measure whilst the Ledger connect issue is being investigated.”
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