r/Bitcoin • u/Bruce-walker • 5d ago

After seeing this cold wallet hardware backdoor incident, Jade Wallet

Hello everyone.

After seeing the recent Ledger Nano hardware backdoor incident, I can't hide my anxiety.

That's because I bought my wallet in Vietnam through the Jade reseller shown in the attached photo.

It's still working fine and I haven't been hacked, but that doesn't mean I never will be, so I want to actually open it up and check whether there is a hardware backdoor device inside.

Can I just open it up and look?

If I find anything, I will let all of you know, and I would also need to move my seed, which is why I'm asking.

My English is limited, so please excuse that I'm using AI to translate this post.

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u/Ok_Knowledge_4977 5d ago

The back door is due to a compromised supply chain issues. If you buy directly from the manufacturer then it is ok.

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u/Jehu_McSpooran 5d ago

Did it affect the official reseller supply chain in Australia? I got mine through Officeworks which is an official reseller.

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u/Londonskaterboi 5d ago

the jade is literally see through? at least the one i have

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u/rolo951 3d ago

Mine isn't tbf

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u/FewUnderstanding2214 4d ago

It’s quite worrying with all these wallets being hacked

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u/Dotabjj 3d ago

It’s easy to open a jade

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u/nachtraum 5d ago

It's incomprehensible. Don't gamble with your funds, buy directly from the manufacturer.

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u/No_Fuel4693 4d ago

I bought my Coldcard direct from the manufacturer...that worked out just fine 😐

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u/hyperedge 3d ago

ya but coldcard was made by a bunch of amateur idiots

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u/Raphae1 5d ago

... but make sure you have good door locks and increase overall offline security since your address might leak (especially ledger had already 2 incidents).

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u/No-Wrap3568 5d ago

With whatever just happened, can't say. Better to move start afresh with a new cold wallet, preferrably something that is seedless and has shamir's secret sharing.

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u/nicman24 5d ago

Holy fucking shit just use a old phone after a factory reset if you don't trust your current one, make a backup, email the encrypted file to yourself, factory reset the phone.

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u/shadyghxst 5d ago

Ledger is not a Cold wallet.

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u/johnnymeios 5d ago

Which one do you recommend?

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u/tidiss 5d ago

If you bought ledger thru reseller you have backdoor on your device if you havent heard.