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2,000 Private Keys Stolen in Edge Wallet Security Exploit

Published 02/24/2023, 08:15 AM
Updated 02/24/2023, 08:30 AM
2,000 Private Keys Stolen in Edge Wallet Security Exploit

  • A security breach at Edge Wallet has led to over 2,000 crypto private keys of been compromised.
  • Edge reports that not all funds were stolen from all the wallets, and only a total of “low five figures in USD” has been identified.
  • The Edge Wallet team has fixed the vulnerability, releasing an updated app to keep private keys safe.
Edge, a multi-currency mobile crypto wallet, has suffered a security incident, with the attacker gaining unauthorized access to 2,000 private keys and steading “low five figures in USD” in the process.

Edge, the non-custodial wallet that operates on a decentralized server architecture, has announced that it discovered the security breach on February 20th after a user reported an unauthorized transaction on their wallet.

The user reported that...

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