After the Ledger Reseller Hack, Austin Campbell Says Self-Custody Users Should Be ‘Over-Solving for Simplicity’
Ledger sales were paused at MediaMarktSaturn in stores and online after tampering reports, and Ledger later said the products were withdrawn from sale there in Germany following a reported device implant involving a customer. Separately, Austin Campbell said the reseller-linked wallet drains reflected a misunderstanding of information security and argued that self-custody users should simplify their setup. The situation leaves open how many devices were affected and what the probe will show next.
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Ledger users and shoppers at MediaMarktSaturn are the people most directly affected today, because the wallets are no longer being sold in that chain’s stores or online while the retailer deals with suspected implants. Anyone trying to buy the devices in Germany would now encounter a pause in availability, not a normal checkout flow.
In practice, the immediate change is that MediaMarktSaturn has stopped selling the devices and is in contact with Ledger, which is different from a routine retail sale. What has not changed is that the reports still concern suspected implants and a reported customer case, so the exact scope of the issue remains open.
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