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Coldcard wallet RNG flaw likely linked to $88 million bitcoin theft

bleepingcomputer-88m-report

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coldcard-wallet-rng-flaw-likely-linked-to-88-million-bitcoin-theft/

Organisation
BleepingComputer
Evidence role
Reporting
Published
2026-08-02
Source changes
0
Detected differences
11
Unreviewed
0
Copies held
12

BleepingComputer's 2 August security report on the generator flaw and the then-current theft attribution. Held as distinct mainstream security reporting from the first weekend of the incident. Its total, causation and technical framing are attributed to the outlet and its cited sources.

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    seen · Internet Archive 8,843 chars replay

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    Extracted text as captured 
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11 presentation-noise differences. Sidebar, ticker and other page chrome churn that our review classified as not being changes to what the source says.
  • +4 -4 Only the embedded promotional banner rotated from one vendor offer to another; the article text was unchanged.
  • +11 -11 Only rotating latest-news headlines and advertisement blocks changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +15 -13 Only rotating latest-news headlines and advertisement blocks on the homepage and article rail changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +10 -10 Only rotating latest-news headlines and advertisement blocks changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +5 -5 Only rotating latest-news headlines and advertisement blocks changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +10 -10 Only rotating latest-news headlines, advertisement blocks and adjacent navigation chrome changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +3 -3 Only rotating advertisement blocks changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +2 -2 Only the order of rotating advertisement lines changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +6 -6 Only rotating latest-news headlines and advertisement blocks changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +3 -3 Only rotating advertisement blocks changed. The article body was unchanged.
  • +9 -8 Only rotating latest-news headlines, advertisement blocks and adjacent navigation chrome changed. The article body was unchanged.
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