Laser Attack Resets Tangem Wallet Passwords on Cards That Can't Be Patched
Researchers at Ledger's Donjon security team have shown that a precisely timed laser pulse, aimed at the chip inside a Tangem crypto wallet card, can reset the card's password to anything the attacker picks. No old password.
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