Ledger said testing of German retail and distribution inventory devices found no signs of tampering
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Ledger said it had tested German retail and distribution inventory devices and found no signs of tampering.
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Ledger: Testing of German retail and distribution inventory devices found no signs of tampering
PANews October 15 news reported that Ledger posted on X, stating that, in response to a German user’s previous report that a device had been implanted with a malicious component, its security team Ledger Donjon tested devices in German retail and distribution inventory, including products from the named store, and found no signs of tampering. There are currently no reports in Europe of financial losses related to hardware implants.Ledger said it has not yet been able to test the device exposed online, invited the device owner to send it to the security team for analysis, and will publish the results.
Ledger security team Ledger Donjon tested devices in German retail and distribution inventory, including products from the named store.
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The testing found no signs of tampering.
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There are currently no reports in Europe of financial losses related to hardware implants.
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The device involved in the online exposure has not yet been Ledger tested, and Ledger device owners were invited to send the device for analysis by the security team, which said it would publish the results.
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Ledger said it had checked devices in some German retail and distribution channels and found no signs that they had been tampered with. However, the specific device involved in the online exposure has not yet been submitted for testing, so the investigation_incomplete remains.
Why it matters to readers
This temporarily eases concerns that devices in German channel inventory were tampered with, but it cannot substitute for testing the device itself that was exposed online.
If you use a Ledger device, this indicates that the inventory tested so far showed no signs of tampering; however, it remains impossible to confirm whether the specific device exposed online has an issue.
Risks and unknowns
Whether the device involved in the online exposure will be sent to Ledger Donjon and tested remains unclear.
Ledger The evidence does not yet disclose the scope or methodology of the testing.
The evidence does not show the final test result for the device exposed online.
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