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Bitcoin Wallet Bug Allowed Rogue Servers to Steal Funds During Fee Bumping

A vulnerability in a Bitcoin wallet enabled attackers to replace transactions with fake ones and steal funds before developers patched the flaw.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 26 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 26 Oct 2026. CoinDesk published first, on 26 October at 05:15 UTC; decrypt.co followed 12h 26m later. The most recent article, from decrypt.co, appeared on 26 October at 17:41 UTC.

Outlets reporting it: CoinDesk (major outlet), decrypt.co.

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  1. Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds when users tried to speed up payments CoinDesk ·
  2. Bitcoin Wallet Fixes Critical Flaw That Redirected Funds to Attackers decrypt.co

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