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Coldcard Wallet Hack: From $90M Theft to AI Replication
A flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets led to nearly $90 million in stolen assets. The vulnerability's severity was later highlighted when a user replicated it in just 8 minutes using Claude Code.
2026-08-02 ~ 2026-08-03 · 2 episodes · 6 posts
Episode 1 · Coldcard Wallet Exploit Risks $90M Amid AI Concerns (2026-08-02, 2 posts)
Coldcard hardware wallet suffered multiple attacks due to an entropy source flaw, resulting in the theft of over $88 million across 4,585 addresses. The incident has sparked community concerns that AI coding tools could make exploiting such vulnerabilities highly accessible.
- Coldcard Hack Drains $88.6M in BTC, Sparks Concerns Over LLM Threats — rickasaurus · 2026-08-02
- ColdCard Exploit Risks $90M: Is 'Vibe Coding' Hacks the New Mining? — ___Patrice___ · 2026-08-03
Episode 2 · Claude Code Replicates Hardware Wallet Flaw in 8 Minutes (2026-08-03, 4 posts)
AI tool Claude Code successfully replicated a Bitcoin hardware wallet vulnerability in just 8 minutes, the same flaw that led to an $89 million hack. This highlights AI's powerful code review capabilities while raising concerns about automated security risks.
- Claude Code Finds COLDCARD Wallet Vulnerability in 8 Minutes — rickasaurus · 2026-08-03
- Claude Code Independently Replicates Bitcoin Wallet Vulnerability in 8 Minutes — wen_ragnarok · 2026-08-03
- Claude Code Spots 5-Year-Old Wallet Flaw in 8 Minutes After $89M Bitcoin Hack — ChrisGPT · 2026-08-03
- Claude Found Wallet Vulnerability in 8 Minutes, Sparking Open-Source AI Risk Fears — AccBalanced · 2026-08-03