The story of a fake Ledger Live in the App Store is not just another scam. It is a good cold shower for those who still believe in a "secure ecosystem".
The counterfeit application disguised itself as Ledger Live, but with the misspelled name "LeddgerLĭve". And that was enough. People downloaded it, logged in... and handed over their seed phrases.
The result is predictable and harsh:
money disappears in seconds, with no chances of return. Bitcoin, Solana, and TRON holders suffered. Funds were quickly spread across hundreds of addresses and funneled through KuCoin, then — the classic with mixers.
A separate point is Apple’s behavior. Instead of transparency and assistance in the investigation — a quiet removal of the page. Reputation is more important than details.
But if you remove the emotions, the picture is simple:
it is not a "hack of the App Store". It is an old scheme where the key point of failure is the user themselves.
No store, no brand, and no "secure interface" will save you if:
you enter the seed phrase outside of the cold device.
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The counterfeit application disguised itself as Ledger Live, but with the misspelled name "LeddgerLĭve". And that was enough. People downloaded it, logged in... and handed over their seed phrases.
The result is predictable and harsh:
money disappears in seconds, with no chances of return. Bitcoin, Solana, and TRON holders suffered. Funds were quickly spread across hundreds of addresses and funneled through KuCoin, then — the classic with mixers.
A separate point is Apple’s behavior. Instead of transparency and assistance in the investigation — a quiet removal of the page. Reputation is more important than details.
But if you remove the emotions, the picture is simple:
it is not a "hack of the App Store". It is an old scheme where the key point of failure is the user themselves.
No store, no brand, and no "secure interface" will save you if:
you enter the seed phrase outside of the cold device.
$BTC $ETH $XRP