Ledger Wallets Taken off Shelves in 7 Asian Markets as Spy Chip Probe Deepens
Ledger has told resellers and distributors in six Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong to stop selling its hardware wallets and pull them from shelves while it investigates tampered devices. Seven Markets Go Dark In an incident update posted Oct. 13, the French hardware wallet maker said: [We are] asking resellers and distributors in Southeast […]
Ledger has instructed resellers and distributors in six Southeast Asian countries plus Hong Kong to stop selling and pull its hardware wallets from shelves while it investigates tampered devices. The move follows reports of a spy chip probe, raising concerns about supply-chain integrity for a leading self-custody wallet maker. Traders may view this as a near-term negative for hardware wallet demand and broader crypto security confidence, though no specific coins are directly implicated.
