The PANews channel said Ledger suspected hardware implants were found in distributor channels
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The report said Ledger hardware implants were found in distribution channels and could steal seed phrases, but incident details and losses still require verification.
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Your hardware wallet may have already been exposed before you unboxed it Ledger Hardware implants were found in distributor channels; attackers stole seed phrases through the screen data cable, with losses reaching 86000000 to 93000000 USD. Genuine-product verification cannot detect them, and the official recommendation is for users who purchased devices within the past 90 days to promptly migrate their assets using a new seed phrase.
The original text stated that Ledger hardware implants were found in distributor channels.
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The original text stated that attackers stole seed phrases through the screen data cable.
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The original text stated that losses reached 86000000 to 93000000 USD。
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The original text stated that genuine-product verification cannot detect this issue.
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The original text stated that the official recommendation is for users who purchased devices within the past 90 days to promptly migrate their assets using a new seed phrase.
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This report describes a distribution-channel risk: a hardware wallet may have had malicious hardware implanted before it was delivered to the user, thereby exposing the seed phrase used to control assets. The original text also stated that routine genuine-product verification cannot detect this issue, and advised users who recently purchased devices to change their seed phrases and migrate their assets.
Why it matters to readers
If a seed phrase is obtained by another party, that party may control the assets associated with it; therefore, whether devices are affected and whether the migration advice is genuine and reliable are important to recent purchasers.
Users who recently purchased Ledger hardware wallets through distributor channels should pay close attention, but the original text does not identify affected distributors, models, batches, or regions, so this report alone cannot determine whether a user's device is affected.
Risks and unknowns
The original text did not provide Ledger an official announcement or verifiable official guidance.
The affected distributors, device models, batches, regions, and number of users are unknown.
Technical details of the hardware implantation method and theft of seed phrases through the screen data cable were not provided.
86000000 to 93000000 USD in losses lacks verifiable evidence.
The claim that genuine-product verification cannot detect this issue has not been independently confirmed.
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