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SecurityOctober 20, 2026, 14:56

SlowMist: Qubic Wallet leaked private keys via network headers

SlowMist found that Qubic Wallet built 55-character seeds with non-cryptographic Math.random(), and the same random stream filled the dejaVu header sent over plaintext TCP. Six captured header values let researchers rebuild the PRNG state in 15 ms and derive private keys. Qubic earlier reported about 2.94 trillion QU drained from 1,404 wallets.

SlowMist: Qubic Wallet leaked private keys via network headers
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