BTCPay Links Hot-Wallet Drains to Versions 2.4.1 and Older
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BTCPay Server has linked recent hot-wallet drains to versions 2.4.1 and older, urging operators to upgrade to the latest 2.4.7 release, which the team says has no credible reports of exploitation. The open-source bitcoin payment processor disclosed the vulnerability affecting self-hosted merchants running outdated deployments, though specific loss figures and the number of affected wallets were not disclosed in the initial report. The incident underscores operational risk in merchant payment infrastructure, where hot wallets holding customer funds remain exposed to software vulnerabilities rather than protocol-level attacks. Operators on affected versions should treat funds as at risk and migrate immediately, while the broader merchant payments sector will be watching for post-mortem details on the attack vector, whether insurers or auditors respond, and any follow-up patches beyond 2.4.7.
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