Bitcoin could be stolen in Lightning Network attack, warn researchers

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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.
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