Bitcoin Wallet Fixes Critical Flaw That Redirected Funds to Attackers

Decrypt · Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:41:21 GMT

Hype 28/100 · Market impact 25/100 · Breaking 52/100

Tags: BTC

A confirmed exploit allowed malicious servers to replace Electrum users’ pending transactions so that Bitcoin was redirected to attacker-controlled addresses.

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