POPA ReconColdcard Wallet Flaw Drains $38M From Owners
Coldcard Wallet Flaw Drains $38M From Owners About 500 people who kept bitcoin on older Coldcard Mk3 hardware wallets were robbed. Around 594 BTC, roughly $38M, was swept out of their wallets in just 25 minutes. Some Mk3 devices on older firmware skipped the chip's true random generator, so their secret keys came from predictable data instead. That let an attacker recreate the keys and drain the coins. Newer models like Mk4, Q and Mk5 are reported unaffected. The flaw affects seeds made on Mk3 firmware 4.0.1 to 5.0.3. Maker Coinkite says there is no public proof yet directly tying the bug t…
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