The safest way to store Bitcoin was just hacked...

Resumen

The video discusses a recent hack on Coldcard, a highly-regarded Bitcoin hardware wallet, which led to over $100 million in Bitcoin being stolen from thousands of wallets. The hack exploited a critical vulnerability in Coldcard's random number generator, which for five years had been using a weak, deterministic MicroPython generator instead of its intended secure one. This allowed attackers to predict seed phrases and drain funds. Victims attempting to move their compromised Bitcoin face the challenge of hackers outbidding their transactions in the public mempool, forcing them to use direct mining pool submissions as a rescue strategy. The incident highlights the complexities of hardware wallet security and the challenges of recovering funds in a decentralized system.

Temas tratados

• Coldcard Hardware Wallet Hack
• Scale of the Bitcoin Theft

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As if last year hasn't been hard enough on the hodlers, last week what used to be the safest way to store Bitcoin turned out to be the fastest way to lose it when Coldcard, a security-obsessed air-gapped Bitcoin hardware wallet, was hacked. The bad news is that a lot of people lost a lot of money, but the good news is that it's only about half as much as they would have lost if the same thing happened a year ago. Since July 30th, attackers have drained over 1,600 Bitcoin, worth about $100 million, from over 7,000 wallets. And the craziest part is that they pulled it off without any malware, phishing, or lead pipes. The victims weren't your typical degenerates clicking random Discord links, either. They were the responsible ones with the not your keys, not your crypto tattoos lecturing you about how you don't actually deserve freedom if your coins were on an exchange. In today's video, we…