classifiedteardown report · case no. 0x1009 · exhibit A
a green hardware-wallet board above an orange flex circuit carrying a small chip and a shielded radio can
photo: @MagicalTux · oct 9

$IMPLANTfig. 1 · found inside a tampered device

spy implant

the little chip inside the “most secure” wallet.

CA drops here at launch

what happened: on oct 9, users who bought hardware wallets through one reseller reported drained funds (~$86M per reports). mark karpelès opened a tampered device and found this hiding where the screen padding should be. support statement · cz.