Ledger CTO Issues Urgent Warning: Massive NPM Supply Chain Attack Threatens Crypto Users

Ledger's Chief Technology Officer, Charles Guillemet, has issued a critical warning to cryptocurrency users, advising them to temporarily halt on-chain transactions due to a large-scale supply chain attack targeting the NPM ecosystem. The attack involves a compromised NPM account of a reputable developer, with affected packages downloaded over a billion times, potentially putting the entire JavaScript ecosystem at risk.