Bitcoin Fee Bumps Became an Attack Route – Patch Released
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Key Takeaways High-severity flaw fixed in Electrum version 4.8.3 Two users reported attacks; one lost money Fake addresses matched the last four characters Trusted or self-run servers were not affected Electrum developer SomberNight disclosed the issue in an October 24 security advisory , saying some servers are carrying out the attack in the wild. The attack needs the owner’s signature A malicious server cannot spend anyone’s Bitcoin on its own. The fake transaction it plants carries invalid signatures, so the network would reject it.
Source: Coindoo
