Stealing Ethereum by Guessing Weak Private Keys
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Someone is stealing millions of dollars worth of Ethereum by guessing users’ private keys. Normally this should be impossible, but lots of keys seem to be very weak. Researchers are unsure how those weak keys are being generated and used.
Their paper is here.
Tags: academic papers, blockchain, cryptocurrency, cryptography, encryption, hacking, keys
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