LNbits Urges All Operators to Shut Down Their Bitcoin Lightning Wallet Servers Amid Attacks
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LNbits Urges All Operators to Shut Down Their Bitcoin Lightning Wallet Servers Amid Attacks

The Hacker News · Nov 09, 2026

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LNbits Urges All Operators to Shut Down Their Bitcoin Lightning Wallet Servers Amid Attacks
Security November 9, 2026

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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