Oh well, he should have known better. I mean this guy should have been in the crypto space for so long that he should be cautious on anyone he talks to. Not saying that he should be blame for what had happen to him, but this should be case.

And again, this is not going to be the last time that we will hear such modus and attacks to any crypto users or enthusiast. Practice safe hygiene and again, don't blatantly trust anyone in this world as you don't know who you are talking to.

In that case, how is it possible that a hacker managed to steal $100k worth of coins from a hardware wallet that was not online at all at the time of the hacking and whose backup (seed) was not stored in digital form? The only thing that comes to mind is that the seed was saved somewhere on the computer as an unprotected document, and given that the hacker gained complete remote access to the victim's computer and had full control over everything stored there, that's the only logical way he could have stolen the coins.

However, given Ledger's reputation and the fact that their firmware allows remote seed sharing with third parties, hackers may have found a way to exploit this.

Sounds less like a malware attack and more like a CEO getting fooled by a scammer. How can someone being the CEO of a company be so naive that they would take someone seriously when they aren't even turning their camera on in a one-on-one meeting? And not only that, the guy also tricked him into installing something on his computer, without him verifying the authenticity of the person and the software or application he installed. I thought only newbies can get fooled like this.

If a setting in Zoom allows the creator of the meeting to access the device of other people on the call then it's a serious security flaw and it needs to be reported and fixed, but despite that, a person should easily understand if they are in contact with an actual serious person running a company or a startup or just a con artist. You can at least verify everything before you agree to have a Zoom meeting with someone no matter how eager you are for new opportunities and partnerships as a business owner.

I agree.

I cannot connect it on how hackers accessed his Ledger wallet. Unless he has given permission to it and given his password if it's the Ledger live or the private key for the access of his ledger wallet.

It's his own fault that he has accepted the call and allowed anybody to install a malware to his computer remotely. Otherwise, it doesn't need a permission but he voluntarily clickbaited it.

I remember his name and felt bad about his situation when I found out about the hack. He has been giving speeches and joining podcasts related to historical NFTs, so I'm guessing he had historical NFTs stolen from him. I'm not sure this is a matter of intelligence - it's more along the lines of street smarts applied to the internet. After all, there was some social engineering that took place. In any case, I hope Ledger will respond to this story, since it seems to imply, rightly or wrongly, that its device has some type of vulnerability.

Being the CEO of a big firm does not make him knowledgeable. When someone is not reading, learning and updating himself with the right information, he will become ignorant and will suffer the consequences. I'm thinking the scammer deliberately made his zoom screen dark and lied to the CEO that the problem is from his end. In a attempt to restore the screen the scammer tricked the CEO to click a link that install the malware that remotely accessed his device and stole his assets.

Carlessly install anything on your computer, devices is a triggerer of nightmare. It's very basic in device security and it's educated everywhere about security.

This man got hacked because of his carelessness and his ignorance of very basic security rule. Let's learn from his terrible security mistake and the cost he paid with $100k, and learn more with Bitcoin security and resources.

If they want to show you something about their products, it can be screenshots or video call and screen share to you so that you can understand how that application, game or whatever works. If they ask you to download and install it on your computer, don't do this and ask them sharing how it works on their computer in the video call as it is possible for sharing lively.

Listen I do not want to victim blame but surely there could have been a way to have avoided this. I wonder what did the "founder and CEO" tell him to convince him to download something in his device let alone go on a call with him. I do feel that if there is more awareness, this could have been avoided.
This confuses me as well. How were they able to access his ledger wallet when it is supposedly not connected on the internet? Though I guess if he logged into it and did not log out the information remains at his computer. Anyway I feel like because of this people might grow anxious of zoom and maybe even ledger.

I do think they may of just used the Viewer in a combo with Zoom.

That would be the easiest way.