Bitcoins stolen on random websites : Electrum Wallet

in #bitcoin9 years ago

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Google Developer Tavis Ormandy found a bug in Electrum wallet, which allowed random websites to steal Bitcoins. As Electrum wallet is an oldest desktop wallet, which is used by millions of users has affected many bitcoin holders.

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Tavis Ormandy took to Twitter to address Electrum users to be careful. He also said that there was open issue regarding Electrum wallet last year, but the company didn’t fix it.

After his tweet, the company has released a new version 3.0.5 of Electrum wallet, in which this bug is fixed. Latest version is now available for download.

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The company should have fixed the issue as soon as possible to avoid such consequences. Thanks for this update.

They have fixed the issue and latest version is now available. You can verify though.
Thanks :)

Lets hope its not happening in future again.

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