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

Cointime update: Trezor confirmed on Nov. 12 that three Safe 5 hardware wallets sold between Aug. 20 and Sept. 23 through Malaysian reseller CryptoBilis contained a circuit board implanted between the screen and mainboard. The implant copied screen data, including seed phrases, and sent it encrypted to attacker servers via mobile network. Firmware 2.13.1, released Nov. 11, disables the implants, but affected buyers must migrate to new seed phrase wallets. Trezor cut its distributor network by about 80% and said no customer losses have been reported.