Well-known vulnerability in private keys likely exploited in $160M Wintermute hack

Dato · 09-21-2022, 08:27 AM

Well-known vulnerability in private keys likely exploited in $160M Wintermute hack

<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDkvMWE2NWM2YmYtOGQzNy00YTZjLTk3NzQtMmU0NjUwYzBiNzliLmpwZw==.jpg"></p><p>The vulnerability in private keys generated by the popular Profanity vanity key generator was noted in January and has already been implicated in at least one major hack.</p>

https://cointelegraph.com/news/well-know...rmute-hack

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