New YorkWhitehats moved 52.37 bitcoin beyond attackers’ reach.

The rescue works only because the same weak keys let rescuers get there first.

Coldcard’s wallets generated seeds with a weaker software source instead of its dedicated generator, a July flaw that cost over $100 million.

Coinkite has patched the firmware, but funds already exposed under old seeds remain at risk regardless.

Victims can check cryptorecoverytrust.com to see if their funds are among those recovered, Galaxy Digital’s Alex Thorn said.

How each outlet framed it
CoinDesk
explains technical vector: attackers exploited weak software-based RNG instead of hardware RNG, affecting 4,500+ wallet addresses

Sources: CoinDesk