Ledger users warned of potential implant in Malaysian devices
Ledger users were warned about a possible implant in devices linked to Malaysia, and a security analyst described a possible path that could let a device read screen data and send seed phrases over LTE or an eSIM. The attack path has not been independently confirmed, and the reports leave open what was actually installed and on how many devices.
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What changes in practice is that the devices are now discussed as potentially having a hidden component that could interact with the screen and network functions, rather than just being ordinary hardware. What stays the same is that the described path remains only a description of what a suspected implant could do, and the account says it has not been independently confirmed. (per tokenpost.com)
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