Coldcard thief prioritizes emptying third wave of vaults, having moved 97.09 BTC worth approximately $7.7 million
2026-09-08 15:31
Odaily Planet Daily News According to Bitcoin News monitoring, the Coldcard thief is prioritizing the clearing of the largest portion of the third wave of vaults. Galaxy Research stated that these wallets have transferred out 97.09 BTC, worth approximately $7.7 million, accounting for about 45% of the assets in this batch. The attacker created 293 2-of-2 vaults on their own, previously moving some tokens through THORChain on September 2, followed by multiple rounds of CoinJoin over the weekend. The vulnerability stems from a 2021 firmware flaw that reduced seed entropy to a minimum of 40 bits. Approximately 82% of the tokens stolen in this exploit have not yet been moved.
