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Electrum Wallet Flaw Exploited for Bitcoin Theft
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Electrum Wallet Bug Tricks Users Into Signing Over Payments
Developers had gotten two reports this month, including one from a user who lost money after approving what seemed to be a typical transaction fee increase, Coindesk said.
Electrum, unlike a full bitcoin node, uses outside servers to retrieve transaction histories and broadcast payments, the report said.
Electrum, one of Bitcoin’s oldest software wallets, published a security advisory on Saturday describing a weakness that attackers were already abusing.
Bitcoin Wallet Fixes Critical Flaw Redirecting Funds to Attackers
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