Cryptographic Flaw in Libbitcoin Explorer Cryptocurrency Wallet

Post Syndicated from Bruce Schneier original https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/08/cryptographic-flaw-in-libbitcoin-explorer-cryptocurrency-wallet.html

Cryptographic flaws still matter. Here’s a flaw in the random-number generator used to create private keys. The seed has only 32 bits of entropy.

Seems like this flaw is being exploited in the wild.

EDITED TO ADD (8/14): A good explainer.