Trezor Confirms Hardware Implants in 3 Safe 5 Devices, Cuts Distributor Network by 80%

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According to Trezor, on November 12, the company confirmed that 3 Safe 5 devices contained hardware implants sold between August 20 and September 23 through Malaysian distributor CryptoBilis. The implants—circuit boards inserted between the screen and motherboard—copied screen content including seed phrases and transmitted them encrypted to attacker servers. Trezor's November 11 firmware version 2.13.1 disabled the implants but cannot protect previously backed-up keys; affected users must migrate to new seed phrases. The company is cutting its distributor network by approximately 80% and offering device replacements for users who purchased through this channel since March. No customer losses have been reported. The same distributor was also involved in Ledger device tampering incidents resulting in over $86 million in stolen funds.
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