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Board Hardware wallets
Re: New ledger Flex junk
by
Meuserna
on 19/08/2024, 19:11:15 UTC
Trezors are vulnerable to physical key extraction.

Some older Trezors are vulnerable to physical key extraction if the attacker steals your hardware wallet and if the attacker has the sophisticated equipment required to do it, and if the attacker doesn't fry the device in the process.  It was only done once as a proof of concept, not an actual hack where anyone's coins were stolen.

Ledger's have the ability to do key extraction over the internet by Ledger, their partner companies, or anyone who hacks their code.

Ledger's code has been hacked:

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Ledger exploit makes you spend Bitcoin instead of altcoins

"A vulnerability in Ledger’s hardware wallets enables hackers to prompt someone to spend Bitcoin instead of an altcoin."

https://decrypt.co/37651/ledger-exploit-makes-you-spend-bitcoin-instead-of-altcoins

Ledger's hardware has been hacked:

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In this post, I’m going to discuss a vulnerability I discovered in Ledger hardware wallets. The vulnerability arose due to Ledger’s use of a custom architecture to work around many of the limitations of their Secure Element.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to compromise the device before the user receives it, or to steal private keys from the device physically or, in some scenarios, remotely.

I chose to publish this report in lieu of receiving a bounty from Ledger, mainly because Eric Larchevêque, Ledger’s CEO, made some comments on Reddit which were fraught with technical inaccuracy. As a result of this I became concerned that this vulnerability would not be properly explained to customers.

https://saleemrashid.com/2018/03/20/breaking-ledger-security-model/

Ledger's security has been hacked:

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Ledger wallet users face mounting home invasion and other scareware threats as hacker dumps private customer information online.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ledger-data-leak-a-simple-mistake-exposed-270k-crypto-wallet-buyers

Ledger's CEO said not to trust Ledger Recover:

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"If, for you, your privacy is of the utmost importance, please do not use that product, for sure."

https://youtu.be/M3VjQUcyZSY?t=2342

That would be fine if the code required for that key extraction feature wasn't baked into the firmware.  You can choose to not use it, but you can't choose to not have that dangerous code on your Ledger device.

Look, Ledger isn't great, but it does the job.

Why would you trust a company you admit isn't great to secure your Bitcoin?  Their code isn't open, so you have to trust them.  But why?