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Odaily News: French hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger received multiple reports of malicious implants months before its latest security crisis occurred. Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpelès stated that at least two people had contacted Ledger since December 2025 to report tampered devices, but no public warning was found to have been issued.Security researcher Joe Grand stated that on March 4, 2026, he reported a malicious implant to Ledger. The implant was found in a Nano X purchased through Lazada in Thailand in August 2025. Ledger confirmed the findings and said it would launch an internal investigation, but did not proactively alert customers.Mark Karpelès believes that the increase in the number of reports and the growing sophistication of the techniques used should prompt Ledger to take action and at least remind customers to remain cautious. Ledger declined to comment on how it handled Joe Grand's disclosure, only directing people to view its public statement on X.The Ledger security crisis became public on October 9, involving the loss of crypto assets from wallets sold by Southeast Asian authorized reseller CryptoBilis; Ledger confirmed that one affected device contained an unauthorized implant. Trezor had also previously received reports involving devices tampered with by unauthorized sellers. (Cointelegraph)
Odaily News: According to monitoring by Bitcoin News, well-known hardware security researcher and computer engineer Joe Grand (social media account @joegrand, also known as "Kingpin") stated that in August 2025, a man in Thailand contacted him, claiming to have discovered a compromised Ledger Nano X. The man had previously purchased a cheap Ledger device online to replace the battery in his existing device. After taking the device apart, he found that it contained a smaller battery, unauthorized circuitry, extra wiring, and an antenna. After the man posted his findings on Reddit, he reportedly did not receive much attention from local police, and subsequently contacted Grand to launch an investigation. This discovery came more than a year before the Ledger supply chain attack sparked major public controversy this week; according to reports, nearly $100 million in cryptocurrency was stolen this week.