Musician Loses Bitcoin to Fake Ledger App on Mac Store
- G. Love, also known as Garrett Dutton, lost approximately 5.92 BTC to a fraudulent app on April 11, 2026.
- The stolen Bitcoin was valued at $424,175 at the time of the incident.
- Onchain investigator ZachXBT traced the funds being laundered through Kucoin deposit addresses.
- Ledger advises users to download software only from ledger.com to avoid seed phrase theft.
- The fake app prompted Dutton to enter his seed phrase, leading to immediate loss of funds.
Garrett Dutton publicly disclosed his loss after downloading a fake Ledger Live application from the Apple Mac App Store while setting up his hardware wallet on a new computer. The incident highlights ongoing security risks for macOS users targeted by scams that exploit trust in legitimate-looking apps.
Ledger has reiterated its stance against downloading its software from app stores and stressed that seed phrases should never be entered outside the physical device itself to maintain security of wallets. (Source)
