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Cryptocurrency Ecosystem => Bitcoin Forum => Bitcoin News & Updates => Topic started by: Tnoy30 on June 29, 2020, 05:56:02 PM
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The Lightning Network is vulnerable to a "Flood & Loot" attack that could drain wallets of their Bitcoin, say researchers.
Two Bitcoin researchers claim to have found a way to steal funds on the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
In a research paper, titled “Flood & Loot: A Systemic Attack On The Lightning Network,” researchers Jona Harris and Aviv Zohar, both of Israel’s Hebrew University, found that attackers can exploit a bottleneck in the system to drain wallets of funds.
Read on: https://decrypt.co/33917/bitcoin-stolen-lightning-network-attack-warn-researchers