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LocalBitcoins Third-party Software Vulnerability: $27.00K Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

LocalBitcoins has detected a security vulnerability - an unauthorised source was able to access and send transactions from a number of affected accounts.It was related to a feature powered by a third party software, and stop the attack. At the moment, we are determining the correct number of users affected - so far six cases have been confirmed.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://www.reddit.com/r/localbitcoins/comments/ak1u8m/localbitcoins_report_on_the_security/?ref=share&ref_source=twitter (opens in a new tab)

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