Bitcoin Wallet Fixes Critical Flaw That Redirected Funds to Attackers
Summary
A critical security vulnerability in the Electrum Bitcoin wallet allowed malicious servers to manipulate pending transactions. This exploit successfully tricked users into sending their funds directly to addresses controlled by attackers. Developers have now released an update to fix this serious flaw.
A confirmed exploit let rogue servers replace Electrum’s pending transactions, tricking users into redirecting Bitcoin to attacker addresses.
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