Odaily Planet Daily News In response to yesterday’s security company’s disclosure of a serious vulnerability affecting cryptocurrency wallets using Libbitcoin Explorer 3.x version, CZ commented, “Self-hosted wallets are not without risks. If you know what you are doing, I support self-hosted .The vulnerability is due to a random number generator that uses a 32-bit seed, which is not random enough for modern cracks (e.g. GPUs). Trust Wallet and Binance Wallet do not use it to generate seed phrases."
According to news from SlowMist, Distrust discovered a serious vulnerability affecting cryptocurrency wallets using Libbitcoin Explorer 3.x. The vulnerability, which allows attackers to access the wallet's private keys by cracking the Mersenne Twister pseudo-random number generator (PRNG), has now had real-world impact.
This vulnerability affects all users who use Libbitcoin Explorer 3.x to generate wallets, as well as applications that use libbitcoin-system 3.6 to develop libraries.
Known affected cryptocurrencies include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Dogecoin, Solana, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Zcash, among others.
Due to the existence of this vulnerability, attackers can access and control users' wallets, thereby stealing funds. As of August 2023, over $900,000 in crypto assets have been stolen.