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Philadelphia-based G. Love, an American musician has reportedly lost around 5.92 BTC, worth about $420,000 after falling victim to a well-crafted phishing scheme involving a fake Ledger wallet app on the Apple App Store. Details shared publicly indicate that the artist downloaded a compromised version of what was thought to be a legitimate hardware wallet set up app. As part of the installation process, he was asked to type in his 24-word seed phrase, which is a crucial element in any cryptocurrency wallet that gives full access. After inputting the seed phrase, the hacker accelerated took over of the wallet and instantly drained funds. This highlights a disturbing trend of ever more realistic phishing attacks that can dupe even experienced users through outlet trusted by most. G. Love shared the following post and images of his experience on social media, warning other users against unofficial wallet applications. I had a really tough day today I lost my retirement fund in a hack/Scam when I switched my @Ledger over to my new computer and by accident downloaded a malicious ledger app from the @Apple store. All my BTC gone in an instant. — G. Love (@glove) April 11, 2026 Attackers Drain Users’ Funds in Real-Time Using Seed Phrase Exploit This kind of attack is a devastating reminder of a key principle in cryptocurrency security: do not share, especially do not enter the seed phrase into any application that is not associated with an established hardware device. In this instance, the fake app imitated a legitimate Ledger wallet onboarding process, thus creating a false sense of security. By mimicking the interface and instructions used by legitimate software, attackers were able to trick users into ignoring warnings about potential threats and extract sensitive information. Compromise of the seed phrase meant no further authentication…

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Filed under: News - @ April 12, 2026 6:25 pm