Laura Shin

How a Spy Implant Turned Ledger's Authorized Resellers Into an Attack Vector "They spent months of research and development building this." 🛠️ @MagicalTux on the spy implants that stole $100 million from @Ledger devices, plus @tanuki42_ on how @SEAL_911 spotted the drains and helped freeze $10M. 🎧 Timestamps: 🎬 00:00 Intro 🚨 03:50 How Jonty spotted the Ledger drains through SEAL 911 victim reports 📡 05:52 How the implant reads a 24-word seed phrase and sends it out by eSIM 🛫 11:33 Mark on the spy implant he found in a Ledger Flex bought in Singapore 🕵️ 15:16 CryptoBilis or a distributor? Mark and Jonty on who could be behind it 📣 17:38 Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow against your assets at unchainedcrypto.com/go/nexo-podcast-x 🇪🇺 18:19 MediaMarkt and Aqipa: has the Ledger implant reached Europe? 🛒 27:00 Buying direct vs. through a reseller, and why Vietnam needs resellers 🔐 31:30 Ledger's 'tamper-proof' notice and whether self-custody is dead 🔧 36:45 Mark opens a Nano X on camera to show how to check for an implant 🧊 40:33 Tether's $10M freeze and why Jonty says recovery could take years

How a Spy Implant Turned Ledger's Authorized Resellers Into an Attack Vector "They spent months of research and development building this." 🛠️ @MagicalTux on the spy implants that stole $100 million from @Ledger devices, plus @tanuki42_ on how @SEAL_911 spotted the drains and helped freeze $10M. 🎧 Timestamps: 🎬 00:00 Intro 🚨 03:50 How Jonty spotted the Ledger drains through SEAL 911 victim reports 📡 05:52 How the implant reads a 24-word seed phrase and sends it out by eSIM 🛫 11:33 Mark on the spy implant he found in a Ledger Flex bought in Singapore 🕵️ 15:16 CryptoBilis or a distributor? Mark and Jonty on who could be behind it 📣 17:38 Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow against your assets at unchainedcrypto.com/go/nexo-podcast-x 🇪🇺 18:19 MediaMarkt and Aqipa: has the Ledger implant reached Europe? 🛒 27:00 Buying direct vs. through a reseller, and why Vietnam needs resellers 🔐 31:30 Ledger's 'tamper-proof' notice and whether self-custody is dead 🔧 36:45 Mark opens a Nano X on camera to show how to check for an implant 🧊 40:33 Tether's $10M freeze and why Jonty says recovery could take years

How a Spy Implant Turned Ledger's Authorized Resellers Into an Attack Vector "They spent months of research and development building this." 🛠️ @MagicalTux on the spy implants that stole $100 million from @Ledger devices, plus @tanuki42_ on how @SEAL_911 spotted the drains and helped freeze $10M. 🎧 Timestamps: 🎬 00:00 Intro 🚨 03:50 How Jonty spotted the Ledger drains through SEAL 911 victim reports 📡 05:52 How the implant reads a 24-word seed phrase and sends it out by eSIM 🛫 11:33 Mark on the spy implant he found in a Ledger Flex bought in Singapore 🕵️ 15:16 CryptoBilis or a distributor? Mark and Jonty on who could be behind it 📣 17:38 Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow against your assets at unchainedcrypto.com/go/nexo-podcast-x 🇪🇺 18:19 MediaMarkt and Aqipa: has the Ledger implant reached Europe? 🛒 27:00 Buying direct vs. through a reseller, and why Vietnam needs resellers 🔐 31:30 Ledger's 'tamper-proof' notice and whether self-custody is dead 🔧 36:45 Mark opens a Nano X on camera to show how to check for an implant 🧊 40:33 Tether's $10M freeze and why Jonty says recovery could take years

How a Hidden LTE Chip Turned Real Ledgers Into Seed Phrase Thieves: Uneasy Money A Ledger reseller's devices shipped with an LTE chip and eSIM wired inside that allowed bad actors to drain $70M to $100M. 🔐 On Uneasy Money, @tayvano_ tells @kain and @austingriffith how the implant passed @Ledger's genuine check, and why panicked owners are now the bigger risk. 📡 Timestamps: 🎬 00:00 Intro 🔐 01:32 Why a Ledger reseller became the entry point for a supply chain attack 📡 09:15 Taylor on how the CryptoBilis attack moved past fake devices and scratchers 🧯 19:01 Why Taylor says panicked Ledger owners now face the bigger risk 💸 20:17 Why Austin sees DIY hardware wallets as the future 🕵️ 30:34 How Taylor “demixed” Zcash by following the gas trail 📣 34:52 Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow funds against your assets at unchainedcrypto.com/go/nexo-podcast-x 🎙️ 35:37 What the bug planted in OpenAI's office says about AI espionage 🛠️ 41:42 Austin's homemade Alexa, blood wallet, and AI-run electronics bench 🪙 48:04 Why a decade-old XRP infinite mint bug points to AI-assisted hunting 🧮 51:04 Is $250K enough? Taylor compares the XRP bounty to Google's Chrome payout ⛓️ 01:00:30 StarkNet wants to become an L1: why Kain thinks that's where L2s end up 🏚️ 01:11:03 How MegaETH shows why L2 ecosystems struggle to keep their apps

How a Hidden LTE Chip Turned Real Ledgers Into Seed Phrase Thieves: Uneasy Money A Ledger reseller's devices shipped with an LTE chip and eSIM wired inside that allowed bad actors to drain $70M to $100M. 🔐 On Uneasy Money, @tayvano_ tells @kain and @austingriffith how the implant passed @Ledger's genuine check, and why panicked owners are now the bigger risk. 📡 Timestamps: 🎬 00:00 Intro 🔐 01:32 Why a Ledger reseller became the entry point for a supply chain attack 📡 09:15 Taylor on how the CryptoBilis attack moved past fake devices and scratchers 🧯 19:01 Why Taylor says panicked Ledger owners now face the bigger risk 💸 20:17 Why Austin sees DIY hardware wallets as the future 🕵️ 30:34 How Taylor “demixed” Zcash by following the gas trail 📣 34:52 Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow funds against your assets at unchainedcrypto.com/go/nexo-podcast-x 🎙️ 35:37 What the bug planted in OpenAI's office says about AI espionage 🛠️ 41:42 Austin's homemade Alexa, blood wallet, and AI-run electronics bench 🪙 48:04 Why a decade-old XRP infinite mint bug points to AI-assisted hunting 🧮 51:04 Is $250K enough? Taylor compares the XRP bounty to Google's Chrome payout ⛓️ 01:00:30 StarkNet wants to become an L1: why Kain thinks that's where L2s end up 🏚️ 01:11:03 How MegaETH shows why L2 ecosystems struggle to keep their apps

How a Hidden LTE Chip Turned Real Ledgers Into Seed Phrase Thieves: Uneasy Money A Ledger reseller's devices shipped with an LTE chip and eSIM wired inside that allowed bad actors to drain $70M to $100M. 🔐 On Uneasy Money, @tayvano_ tells @kain and @austingriffith how the implant passed @Ledger's genuine check, and why panicked owners are now the bigger risk. 📡 Timestamps: 🎬 00:00 Intro 🔐 01:32 Why a Ledger reseller became the entry point for a supply chain attack 📡 09:15 Taylor on how the CryptoBilis attack moved past fake devices and scratchers 🧯 19:01 Why Taylor says panicked Ledger owners now face the bigger risk 💸 20:17 Why Austin sees DIY hardware wallets as the future 🕵️ 30:34 How Taylor “demixed” Zcash by following the gas trail 📣 34:52 Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow funds against your assets at unchainedcrypto.com/go/nexo-podcast-x 🎙️ 35:37 What the bug planted in OpenAI's office says about AI espionage 🛠️ 41:42 Austin's homemade Alexa, blood wallet, and AI-run electronics bench 🪙 48:04 Why a decade-old XRP infinite mint bug points to AI-assisted hunting 🧮 51:04 Is $250K enough? Taylor compares the XRP bounty to Google's Chrome payout ⛓️ 01:00:30 StarkNet wants to become an L1: why Kain thinks that's where L2s end up 🏚️ 01:11:03 How MegaETH shows why L2 ecosystems struggle to keep their apps

Could AI-Accelerated Math Break Crypto's Keys Before Quantum Does? Users who bought @Ledger devices through a Malaysian reseller were drained of an estimated $100M+ across six chains. 🔓 @perkinscr97 says it may be time for intermediaries, while @austincampbell argues people have been misreading their security surface all along. 🔐 Timestamps: 🌏 01:47 Token2049: what Chris saw as institutions showed up in force in Singapore 🏗️ 07:05 Why Chris says fundamentals and utility are replacing memes and momentum 🇺🇸 11:07 What Patrick Witt's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve comments mean for sovereigns 💰 15:36 Nexo: Generate daily interest on your crypto or borrow funds against your assets at unchainedcrypto.com/go/nexo-podcast-x 🔓 16:11 How a compromised Ledger reseller led to an estimated $100M drained 🔐 21:58 Why Austin says self-custody users have misread their security surface 🧮 25:25 Justin Drake's warning: could AI math break crypto keys before Q-Day? 📈 35:51 A 10-year near 5.24% and why Austin says you can't hike out of a supply shock 🧓 40:00 Why Austin sees young vs. old as the West's next political fault line 🤖 47:40 OpenAI's reported $20B revenue gap: where do the gains from AI land?