Ledger research exposes MediaTek Boot ROM and WebView flaws that enabled Android wallet seed theft

Security researcher examines a smartphone and MediaTek Dimensity processor, laptop shows code, amid seed theft concerns.

Ledger’s Donjon security team disclosed that it had uncovered a hardware flaw in MediaTek processors, alongside related weaknesses in Android’s WebView, that together created a path for attackers to extract wallet recovery seeds from vulnerable phones. The research showed that the combination of chip-level and software-level weaknesses could break through protections many users assume are […]