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German consumer electronics retailer running the MediaMarkt and Saturn store brands, with over 1,000 stores across 11 European countries. Part of Ceconomy.
X users say tampered Ledger wallets also came from MediaMarkt in Germany and LazMall in the Philippines, beyond the CryptoBilis batch Ledger confirmed. Karpelès has examined pictures of the LazMall unit; the MediaMarkt claim rests on one account.
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Ledger disclosed on October 13 that an implant in a signer sold by CryptoBilis captures 24-word recovery phrases and sends them over LTE. Every fund loss Ledger has verified involved devices bought through that reseller.
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Researcher @0xJohannes_ says a second Ledger bought at a different MediaMarkt store has the same hidden cables and LTE module as his first. His account does not show where the tampering happened, so the Aqipa link names a supplier and locates no fault.
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User @0xJohannes_ says the Ledger he bought at MediaMarkt holds extra internal wiring, a European report after a $93.4 million drain in Asia. Ledger says all confirmed cases came through CryptoBilis, so a compromised European retail channel is unproven.
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Ledger said in its October 11 update that every confirmed case in the October 9 draining incident involved devices sold by CryptoBilis. It has not tied a researcher's possibly implanted European device to that investigation.
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X user Johannes says his MediaMarkt Ledger holds an early version of the implant tied to an estimated $93.4 million in Asian losses. Ledger has not confirmed the link or the estimate, so retail buyers have no official answer on provenance.
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