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Illustration of a smartphone highlighting a security vulnerability in the MediaTek chipset related to crypto seed theft.
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Critical MediaTek Flaw Exposed Crypto Seeds in 45 Seconds, Now Patched

March 12, 2026 Jackson Miller

January 10, 2026 — Taipei, Taiwan & Paris, France: Semiconductor giant MediaTek has urgently patched a severe vulnerability in its chipset’s secure boot process that allowed attackers to steal cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases from affected Android devices in under a minute. The critical MediaTek crypto seed theft flaw, designated CVE-2025-XXXXX, was discovered and responsibly disclosed […]

MediaTek chip security vulnerability allowing cryptocurrency seed phrase extraction from Android phones
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Critical MediaTek Flaw Exposed Crypto Seeds in 45 Seconds, Now Patched

March 12, 2026 CoinPulseHQ Editorial

January 15, 2026 — Taipei, Taiwan — Semiconductor giant MediaTek has urgently patched a critical security vulnerability in its smartphone chipsets that allowed attackers to steal cryptocurrency wallet seed phrases from affected Android devices in just 45 seconds. The flaw, discovered by Ledger’s elite white-hat security team Donjon, exploited weaknesses in MediaTek’s secure boot chain […]