SECURITYAug 8 · 07:46 UTCCOINDESKShaurya Malwa

Another Bitcoin infrastructure exploit hits, this time draining Lightning payment servers

An exploit has targeted the Bitcoin infrastructure, specifically draining funds from Lightning payment servers.

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