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Coldcard Hack : $116 Million Bitcoin Stolen Via Firmware Flaw

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Representation of Bitcoin is seen with binary code displayed on a laptop screen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on August 17, 2021. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) "Perhaps the hardest part about this is that I did everything right," Jonathan Goodman wrote on X. "I never shared my seed phrase with anybody. My devices never touched the internet," the Canadian entrepreneur wrote. His Coldcard hardware wallet sat in a safety deposit box. On the night of July 29, 18.25245043 bitcoin, worth about C$1.6 million, left his addresses. His post has been viewed roughly 7.6 million times. "If you generated a seed using a Coldcard wallet, move your funds…

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