Trezor warns of seed-stealing implant in CryptoBilis wallets
Original title: Trezor warns some of its wallets may hide a seed-stealing implant
Trezor advises moving funds from CryptoBilis Safe 5 wallets after possible hardware implant discovered.
A Trezor Safe 5 sold by CryptoBilis may contain an extra board with cellular module that steals the recovery phrase. The device reads the screen and sends data over mobile network. Trezor issued the warning after a customer report and to match similar Ledger implants. Buyers should move funds to new wallets immediately. Trezor has cut ties with CryptoBilis as reseller.
- Implant reads screen and sends backup phrase
- Works like Ledger tampered devices
- Warning issued October 2026
- Funds must be moved immediately
- Trezor dropped CryptoBilis reseller
- Products
- Trezor Safe 5
- Threat actors
- CryptoBilis
From the original article
3 min read at helpnetsecurity.com
A Trezor Safe 5 sold by CryptoBilis, the reseller linked to the recent Ledger wallet drains, may contain a hidden implant that steals the owner’s recovery phrase, Trezor has warned. Trezor is a Czech company and part of SatoshiLabs Group. It has made hardware wallets since 2014, and its current models are the Safe 3, Safe 5 and Safe 7.
By Sinisa Markovic · helpnetsecurity.com
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