Wallet provider MetaMask was also affected by the incident. Ledger released a patch to resolve the issue but warned users to wait 24 hours before using its connector library again.
The attack on Ledger’s connector library may be impacting the whole Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) ecosystem, according to the Linea team, a zero-knowledge rollup by Consensys.
The hacker targeted the Ledger connector library, which was designed to enable communication between Ledger hardware wallets and various decentralized applications (DApps). Wallet provider MetaMask has also been affected by the security incident.
Blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain claimed the hacker had stolen assets worth nearly $484,000, but the impact of the security breach could be bigger, noted Ledger.