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Bitcoin Wallet Fixes Critical Flaw That Redirected Funds to Attackers

DecryptJose Antonio Lanz3h ago8/10

Electrum fixed a critical flaw where rogue servers could replace pending transactions and redirect bitcoin to attacker addresses.

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