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Security

Contributed

The Safest Place in Crypto Just Got Robbed

An educator who lost 9 BTC to his own assumptions on why the device was never the security.

Jon Tetreault · Aug 28

Developing

The Machines Found Real Bugs: Inside Core Lightning's Embargoed Emergency

AI-generated CVE reports proved real; a 14-day embargoed fix is rolling out. Upgrade — or --offline, not a shutdown.

✓ via Core Lightning, Cointelegraph, CoinDesk · Aug 28

Analysis

The Vault Got Robbed: What the $116M Coldcard Exploit Says About Everyone's Cold Storage

A 2021 firmware flaw, brute-forceable seeds, and the death of "buy a hardware wallet, you're done."

✓ via Bloomberg, TRM Labs, TechCrunch, Fortune · Aug 27

Breach

SafePal Breach Doxxes 39,798 Hardware-Wallet Buyers — Names, Home Addresses, Order Records

No coins touched; none needed. A verified owner list with home addresses is the phishing campaign's raw material.

✓ via TechCrunch · Aug 17

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