Ledger Connect Kit December 2023: A CDN Attack Retrospective
The Ledger Connect Kit compromise was a five-hour CDN attack that drained roughly $600k from connected wallets. A look at how it happened and what defenders learned.
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The Ledger Connect Kit compromise was a five-hour CDN attack that drained roughly $600k from connected wallets. A look at how it happened and what defenders learned.
A stolen Ripple-adjacent npm token pushed key-stealing versions of xrpl.js. Timeline, payload structure, and what XRPL integrators should do next.
A phished maintainer token pushed a private-key-stealing backdoor into @solana/web3.js 1.95.6/1.95.7. Full mechanics and post-incident recommendations.
A phishing-obtained GitHub token published a wallet drainer as @ledgerhq/connect-kit in Dec 2023. What the incident tells us about Web3 supply chain trust.
A leaked maintainer token published three trojanized versions of @lottiefiles/lottie-player to npm, targeting wallet drains. Here is the mechanics.
On September 24, 2025, crates.io removed faster_log and async_println — Rust typosquats that had quietly stolen Ethereum and Solana keys from 8,424 downloads since May.
Smart contracts import code from unaudited libraries, creating supply chain risks that have already led to billions in losses. The Web3 ecosystem needs better tooling.
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