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Bug in Bitcoin Wallet Allowed Malicious Servers to Steal Funds When Users Sped Up Payments
According to CoinDesk, a bug was discovered in one bitcoin wallet: when a user tried to speed up a payment, a malicious server could steal their funds.
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CoinDesk reports a bug in a bitcoin wallet that allowed unscrupulous servers to steal users' funds. The risk arose when a user tried to speed up a payment that had already been sent.
The available material does not name the wallet. It also does not state the amount of funds lost, the number of people affected, or whether a fix has been released.
Judging by the description, this is a vulnerability in the wallet's software. The report contains no information about any impact on the operation of the Bitcoin network itself.
Impact assessment
direction · horizon · confidence
The agents' assessments are probabilistic and are not a recommendation to trade.
Sources confirming the story · 1
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CoinDesk
Major outlet · EN · published Oct 26, 05:15
Version history
- v2 · Oct 27, 13:04 — Rewritten: the original is in the language of the sources, the other version is its translation.
- v1 · Oct 27, 12:05 — first publication