CapitMonet on Nostr: A laser attack was found against TROPIC01, the open secure element behind the Trezor ...

A laser attack was found against TROPIC01, the open secure element behind the Trezor Safe 7.

Some will see this as a failure of open hardware.

I'd argue it's evidence that open auditing works.

Tropic Square handed the chip to Ledger's Donjon team for evaluation — a direct competitor. Under laboratory conditions, the Donjon team decapsulated the chip and used a precision 1064 nm laser to bypass firmware signature verification.

The vulnerability was discovered, disclosed, and documented publicly. The underlying issue requires a new silicon revision to fully address, not just a firmware update.

Closed hardware may have fewer reported flaws. That doesn't necessarily mean fewer flaws. It often means fewer eyes — and less visibility when something breaks.

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