Ledger Reveals How Hidden Chips Exposed Crypto Wallets

TLDR Ledger introduces tighter sales controls following the discovery of modified hardware wallets sold through resellers. Criminals installed hidden components that captured customers’ 24-word recovery phrases and transmitted them through mobile networks. Bitquery estimates $102 million was stolen from 324 wallets, exceeding Specter’s earlier $86 million estimate. Ledger says inspections found no tampering in the [...]

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