SECURITYAug 2 · 21:14 UTCBLEEPING COMPUTERLawrence Abrams

COLDCARD wallet RNG flaw likely linked to $88 million Bitcoin theft

A vulnerability in COLDCARD hardware wallet firmware allowed attackers to steal an estimated $88.6 million in Bitcoin from thousands of wallets whose seeds were generated using a flawed random number generator.

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