Mark Karpelès Shows How a Spy Chip Is Installed in a Ledger
Original title: How a $20 Spy Chip Gets Inside a Ledger Wallet
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Key points
- Mark Karpelès opens a Ledger Nano X and walks through how a spy implant is installed.
- The board clips onto test points that carry everything sent to the screen, including the seed phrase.
- Installing the implant takes three solder joints.
- The description links implants like this to funds drained from Ledger users.
Questions
What does the spy implant capture?
How is the implant installed?
Who demonstrates the installation?
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