Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier said no digital-asset company can guarantee absolute security, though he maintained that decentralized custody is safer than centralized platforms. He warned that AI and quantum computing could increase cyberthreats, and estimated that losses involving assets protected by Ledger were about 0.01% of their total value.
Ledger said in October 2026 that it was investigating reports of more than $86 million stolen from owners of wallets bought through a Southeast Asian reseller. It later found an unauthorized component in one device that could capture a recovery phrase; a separately reported software flaw was not established as the cause of the theft. Gauthier said Ledger Atom, scheduled to begin shipping in July 2027, includes measures intended to counter similar device modifications.
