{"id":86828,"date":"2026-08-01T09:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=86828"},"modified":"2026-08-01T09:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:05:33","slug":"the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=86828","title":{"rendered":"The Coldcard Exploit Explained: Who Lost Bitcoin and Who\u2019s at Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Coinkite's Coldcard Mk3 model.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk-190x107.png 190w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk-380x214.png 380w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk-760x428.png 760w, https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/the-coldcard-exploit-explained-who-lost-bitcoin-and-whos-at-risk.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\">An attacker exploited weak seeds generated by certain Coldcard hardware wallets to steal bitcoin worth roughly tens of millions from hundreds of addresses on July 30. According to a deep analysis from Galaxy Research, the core theft unfolded in a tightly coordinated burst lasting about 25 minutes, while broader analysis later connected roughly 1,196 addresses [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An attacker exploited weak seeds generated by certain Coldcard hardware wallets to steal bitcoin worth roughly tens of millions from hundreds of addresses on July 30. According to a deep analysis from Galaxy Research, the core theft unfolded in a tightly coordinated burst lasting about 25 minutes, while broader analysis later connected roughly 1,196 addresses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86829,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}