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Hackers Figure Out a Trick to Steal Bitcoin From Cold Wallets, Grab $110 Million - Futurism

Published by Futurism By Victor Tangermann · 8 August 2026 at 14:30
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Hackers Figure Out a Trick to Steal Bitcoin From Cold Wallets, Grab $110 Million - Futurism
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What the report says

Hackers made away with more than $100 million worth of Bitcoin from thousands of secured "cold" wallets thanks to a glaring software bug.

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