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This Security Flaw Could Affect 1 in 4 Android Phones - How to Check Yours

Researchers at Ledger’s Donjon team discovered a hardware flaw in MediaTek’s trusted execution environment that affects roughly 25 % of Android smartphones. The vulnerability lets an attacker connect a phone to a laptop via USB and extract cryptographic keys in under a minute, exposing messages and crypto‑wallet seed phrases. MediaTek has issued a firmware patch that OEMs must roll out through security updates. The issue highlights growing risks from hardware‑level exploits as Android malware spikes.