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Morning Edition · Saturday, October 31, 2026Published at 1:43 AM EDT · New York
Trezor tells buyers from reseller CryptoBilis to move funds after a report of a cellular implant inside a Safe 5
The reported implant reads the recovery words shown on the screen and sends them over a mobile network. Trezor has not yet examined the device, but says waiting for lab confirmation would leave buyers exposed.
On October 28, Trezor received a responsible disclosure about a hardware implant inside a Trezor Safe 5. A customer in Indonesia bought the device in August 2026 from the reseller CryptoBilis through the Tokopedia marketplace. According to…
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Recurring firmware and entropy defects in self-custody hardware, now surfaced faster by AI-assisted code analysis, will keep pushing risk-averse holders toward custodial and ETF products rather than personal key management.
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