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Did you guys know that the Brazilian security researcher who exposed a counterfeit hardware wallet scam involving a fake Ledger device designed to steal PINs and seed phrases is our co-founder, @vinp2205?

TentacleOS just passed 1,000 commits on the dev branch. Drivers are already done for: Wi-Fi, BLE, NFC, RFID, Sub-GHz, Infrared, and LoRa. There’s still a lot ahead, but the foundation is finally becoming real: hardware, firmware, RF design, and UX all moving together. Open source means people get to follow the build as it happens. #hardwarehack #highboy

We just published a new post on the High Boy Blog about how he started as a small community request, went through a bunch of early designs, and slowly became part of High Boy’s identity. High Boy has always been shaped by the community, and Octobit is one of the clearest examples of that. Click the link to read more: highboy.blog #HighBoy #opensource #hardwarehacking

@tomshardware Hey, the researcher is @vinp2205! He's the one leading the technical investigation on this Ledger Nano S+ clone.

Techie buys fake Ledger Nano S+ hardware crypto wallet and almost falls for phishing — a convincing clone would have caught newbies unaware tomshardware.com/tech-industry/…

@IntCyberDigest Hey @IntCyberDigest , the researcher is @vinp2205! He's the one leading the technical investigation. Stay tuned for updates.

🚨🇧🇷 A cybersecurity researcher from Brazil exposed a large scale scam operation by buying a "Ledger" hardware wallet off a Chinese marketplace — suspiciously cheap and the packaging looked original from a distance. Here's what he found after cracking the thing open: The "hardware wallet" Inside the shell was a completely different chip — the kind you'd find in a cheap IoT gadget, not a wallet designed to protect your crypto. The markings had been physically sanded off to hide what it actually was. The firmware pretended to be a real Ledger version that doesn't even exist (Ledger Nano S+ V2.1). And here's the kicker: every seed phrase and PIN you'd type into it was stored in plain text and sent straight to the attacker's server (kkkhhhnnn[.]com). Instantly... It was built to drain wallets across ~20 different blockchains. The fake app The seller kindly included a "Ledger Live" app to go with it. It was a modified copy — not even signed properly, the attackers didn't bother with the basics — and it silently siphoned off data the moment you used it. Just when you thought this was it, the same crew is also pushing malware for Windows, macOS, and even iOS — using TestFlight to sneak past Apple's App Store review entirely. The researcher has sent a full report to Ledger's security team. A deeper technical breakdown is expected once they've finished their analysis. This was shared on Reddit by u/Past_Computer2901

@Crypto__Goku Hey, I'm the researcher (u/Past_Computer2901). Going deeper buying more models from the same store to check how far the counterfeiting goes. Full technical report for Ledger in progress. More updates soon. 🔒

@Cointelegraph Hey, I'm the researcher (u/Past_Computer2901). Going deeper buying more models from the same store to check how far the counterfeiting goes. Full technical report for Ledger in progress. More updates soon. 🔒

@unstoppablebyhs Hey, I'm the researcher (u/Past_Computer2901). Going deeper buying more models from the same store to check how far the counterfeiting goes. Full technical report for Ledger in progress. More updates soon. 🔒

Really cool to see GhostStrats covering one of the biggest High Boy updates so far. This is exactly the kind of conversation we want around the project: real progress, real engineering, and transparent development. Appreciate the time and attention put into this one. #HighBoy #GhostStrats

A small spoiler from the new industrial design direction of our open-source handheld for wireless and embedded experimentation. Still early, but this is the stage where industrial design starts influencing real engineering decisions: ergonomics, internal layout, manufacturability, RF constraints, and interface hierarchy.

The High Boy runs on two chips: ESP32-C5 (WiFi/BT) and ESP32-P4 (UI, NFC, Sub-GHz, everything else). Connected via SPI. This week we refactored 346 files across BOTH to speak the same language. Same naming. Same types. Same docs. No single chip does everything. But dual-platform means every shared interface must be perfectly aligned. 346 files. Both platforms. Build clean. #hardwarehacking #cybersecurity

Building hardware in China. 84% of hardware Kickstarters are late. What kills projects isn't the delay. It's silence. We document everything. @highcode_br

Weekly Live Q&A — every Friday at 9:00 AM EST. We host this weekly session to answer community questions, share production updates, and keep the project as open and transparent as possible. The live happens on Discord and is also shared on Instagram and YouTube. Join the Discord community here: discord.gg/xZ6ecf7Va Be there and ask your questions. #HighBoy #OpenSourceHardware #MakerCommunity

This Friday we will have our weekly Q&A. More one Live Q&A with the High Boy Team, as promised!!!! Hey everyone! We’re hosting a special Q&A session this Friday at 9:00 AM ET / 11 AM UTC-3 (horario de Brasilia). 📷 The entire High Boy team will be there to hang out, answer your questions, and chat about everything that's coming up. Whether you have specific technical doubts or just want to say hi, we’d love to see you there! #highboy #live #highcode #hacking

Your device. Your workflow. Your server. Or fully offline. Some tools lock you into a single ecosystem. High Boy was built with a different philosophy: control should stay with the user. Use the official setup, self-host your own server, or run it offline. Because open technology should adapt to your workflow — not the other way around. Built for people who want freedom, not dependency. #HighBoy #OpenSourceHardware #HardwareHacking #MakerCulture

The core PCB schematics are finalized. Now the real optimization begins. At this stage, every millimeter matters. We’re refining component placement, validating RF behavior, and working alongside RF engineers to optimize antenna performance across Wi-Fi, BLE, Sub-GHz, NFC, and LF RFID. This is the part most people never see: not just making hardware work — making multiple radios coexist with stability, range, and reliability inside one device. You can see more on the link: kickstarter.com/projects/15026… #HighBoy #OpenSourceHardware #PCBDesign

We have another update on Kickstarter; if you'd like to know more, follow the link below. kickstarter.com/projects/15026…

Most people interact with technology at the surface level. We built High Boy for the ones who want to go deeper. The ones who ask how signals move, how devices communicate, how systems respond, and what really happens behind the interface. High Boy is a portable open source lab for learning by doing. Not just to consume technology — but to explore it, understand it, and build with it. #HighBoy #OpenSourceHardware #HardwareHacking #MakerCulture #EmbeddedSystems

People love talking about the future of tech. But a huge part of the real world still runs on legacy systems. 125 kHz RFID is one of those technologies. It’s simple. Cheap. Reliable. And that’s exactly why it never disappeared. From access control to old infrastructure that still works every day, 125 kHz RFID remains part of the present, not just the past. If you want to understand modern systems, you also need to understand the older layers still holding them up. Legacy tech isn’t irrelevant. It’s the foundation a lot of today’s systems still depend on. #RFID #125kHz #AccessControl #EmbeddedSystems #OpenSourceHardware #Makers #TechEducation #HighBoy

Technology makes more sense when you stop treating it like magic. You learn more when you actually use it, explore how it works, push its limits, and understand what happens when things fail. That’s the mindset behind High Boy. An open source portable platform built for curious minds who want hands-on learning through real signals, real protocols, real hardware, and real experimentation. Not a black box. Not passive tech. A tool to explore, modify, and understand the invisible systems around you. #OpenSource ⁠#hardwareHacking #MakerCulture #TechEducation