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Bitcoin Red Team Finds 4,962 Flaws After Coldcard Hack

Bitcoin.com News·August 7, 2026·1 min read
Bitcoin Red Team Finds 4,962 Flaws After Coldcard Hack

A volunteer security group called the Bitcoin Red Team uncovered 4,962 vulnerabilities, 85 of them critical, across 390 open-source Bitcoin projects over a 27-hour stretch after the Coldcard hack. The Coldcard hardware wallet exploit drained bitcoin (BTC) from long-term holders after a firmware bug dating to March 2021.

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