According to French media @LeFildInfo, Eric Larch, the founder of Ledger, a leading French cryptocurrency security company, has been kidnapped and demanded a ransom in bitcoin. According to reports, the French police and the National Gendarmerie Special Service (GIGN) are currently conducting an investigation in the Vieux region of France.
On September 9th, cryptocurrency security firm Harpie issued an Android malicious software alert. More than 280 Android apps were found to use optical character recognition (OCR) technology to steal wallet recovery phrases from images on users' devices. Harpie reminds users to take the following security measures: avoid installing apps outside the Google Play Store; ignore suspicious private messages or links; run regular Google Play Protect scans; and most importantly, avoid storing wallet reco...