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Zcash Escapes $6.5M Heist: Critical Sprout Pool Flaw Patched in Record Time

Zcash Dodges a $6.5 Million Heist: Critical Flaw Patched in Sprout Shielded Pool Zcash, the privacy-centric cryptocurrency, just sidestepped a potential financial trainwreck. A critical vulnerability in its core nodes, discovered on March 23, could have allowed malicious miners to siphon over 25,000 ZEC—worth approximately $6.5 million—from the legacy Sprout shielded pool. Thanks to rapid […]

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Tangem Wallet Fixes Critical Flaw: User Seed Phrases Exposed – What You Need to Know

Tangem Wallet Swiftly Resolves Security Flaw Exposing User Seed Phrases Tangem, a prominent cryptocurrency wallet provider, took quick action to patch a critical security vulnerability that exposed private keys via email for a small subset of its users, following a Reddit user’s discovery. Reddit user uncovers flaw on Dec. 29, 2024 Less than 0.1% of […]

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