Thousands of crypto wallets at risk due to 'Ill Bloom' exploit

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A new exploit dubbed 'Ill Bloom' by Coinspect puts thousands of crypto wallets at risk due to weak recovery phrases generated by insecure random number generators in certain software wallets.
At least $5 million has been drained since May 27.

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A new exploit dubbed 'Ill Bloom' by Coinspect puts thousands of crypto wallets at risk due to weak recovery phrases generated by insecure random number generators in certain software wallets. At least $5 million has been drained since May 27.

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