Ledger says criminals tampered with real hardware wallets using recovery-phrase-stealing implants, first version found late last year

Ledger says criminals modified genuine hardware wallets with components that steal recovery phrases, then resold the devices. Mark Karpelès says multiple versions of the implant have been seen, with the first found late last year.

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