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Zero Hedge Picks Up Cold Card Exploit

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https://stacker.news/items/1538470

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2026-08-02
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billytheked noting Zero Hedge's coverage, among the first mainstream financial press pickups, quoting its third-wave loss figure. Part of the media-spread record; the figures are the outlets' reported numbers. Captured through the site's public GraphQL API: the rendered pages crash the capture tab, and the API answers POST from this host. The query fixes the captured surface to the item's title, text and two levels of comments, each with author and absolute timestamp.

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      "comments": {
        "comments": [
          {
            "createdAt": "2026-08-02T21:21:34.556Z",
            "text": "Surprised to say, I didn't really see anything inaccurate or outlandish. It doesn't even mention \"AI was likely involved!\" like some retards in our space have done. \n\nIt's not great, obviously, for this to hit the mainstream, but it did happen, and it does suck; at least we're not being sensationalized (yet).",
            "user": {
              "name": "Aeneas"
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "createdAt": "2026-08-02T14:54:31.492Z",
      "text": "First I am seeing this mentioned in broader media.\n\n> Update (1030ET): A third wave of thefts against Bitcoin wallets built on flawed Coldcard firmware ran through Saturday morning, lifting observed losses to roughly 1,367 BTC - close to $89 million - drained from 4,585 addresses since Thursday.",
      "title": "Zero Hedge Picks Up Cold Card Exploit",
      "user": {
        "name": "billytheked"
      }
    }
  }
}
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