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A major Coldcard hardware wallet flaw—exposed for five years—revealed a critical security gap: their seed phrase generation used a weak random number generator instead of their secure one, compromising over 4,500 Bitcoin addresses worth nearly $90 million. Auditors failed to verify the correct RNG was actually in use, highlighting systemic testing flaws. Coldcard has halted shipments, destroyed affected inventory, and is collaborating with law enforcement while urging users to keep compromised devices in case recovery becomes possible. This breach underscores the need for end-to-end security validation in crypto hardware wallets.

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