> "The Secure Element chip is designed to detect physical tampering and will refuse to execute unsigned code or pass the | Hanami
> "The Secure Element chip is designed to detect physical tampering and will refuse to execute unsigned code or pass the genuine check if extra hardware attempts to intercept signals."
Not only is this misleading consumers into believing the Secure Element can detect "extra hardware," but Ledger's own documentation explicitly states:
> "Note that a Genuine check cannot detect unauthorized physical modifications to the hardware, such as spying implants, if the original Secure Element remains intact."
@Ledger_Support's statement directly contradict Ledger's own technical documentation, and less than two months later, we're seeing reports of over $90 million stolen through precisely the kind of "extra hardware" intercepting signals that Ledger assured customers would be detected.
And here's the worst part: Ledger had already published photographs of actual spying implants in its March 2026 Ledger Academy article, including sophisticated, mass-produced PCBs installed in multiple Ledger models.
This wasn't some hypothetical attack they hadn't anticipated. They had already documented the threat, yet months later, their official Support account was assuring customers that Genuine Check would detect precisely this kind of hardware modification.