Cryptographic Flaw in Libbitcoin Explorer Cryptocurrency Wallet
Cryptographic flaws still matter. Here’s a flaw in the random-number generator used to create private keys. The seed has only 32 bits of entropy.
Seems like this flaw is being exploited in the wild.
EDITED TO ADD (8/14): A good explainer.
Ted • August 10, 2023 8:30 AM
Prof Bill Buchanan OBE also wrote up an excellent (and easy to digest) explainer on Milk Sad as he does on lots of cryptography topics and news.
“A Novice Mistake: Meet Milk Sad … And The 32-bit Key!!!!!!”
https://medium.com/asecuritysite-when-bob-met-alice/a-novice-mistake-meet-milk-sad-and-the-32-bit-key-ba308fb2b633