Risky Bulletin: Spyware chip found in Ledger crypto-wallets
Spy chips in Ledger Nano X wallets sold via CryptoBilis stole seed phrases and over $86 million.
Tibane Labs reported spy chips soldered into Ledger Nano X wallets sold by Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis, intercepting on-screen seed phrases and sending them to attackers over a built-in modem and eSIM. Ledger linked the backdoored devices to more than $86 million in stolen crypto and told customers to discard affected wallets and move funds; it paused work with CryptoBilis. Newer implants use a painted flex PCB, and at least one Ledger Flex bought at Singapore Airport was also reported implanted. The same bulletin also covers freezer tampering at French supermarkets including Intermarche, an Ahold Delhaize outage, and a Meta GitHub breach affecting more than 1,500 US employees.