importantSYS.SOURCE: The Hacker News• 2026-11-09T15:31:21+05:30
LNbits Security Advisory: Immediate Server Shutdown Required Due to Active Exploits
LNbits has issued an urgent security warning, advising all operators to immediately shut down their servers due to active exploits. A vulnerability allowed unauthorized withdrawals of 0.023 BTC from affected systems before patches were released.
Everyone running LNbits, a free, open-source Bitcoin Lightning wallet system, should shut down their servers now because of a wave of attacks, the project said yesterday.
It has several security fixes to release and asked operators to be careful until they are out. One operator said new accounts used an exploit to withdraw 2,285,545 satoshis, about 0.023 bitcoin, from his server before he could
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