{"id":18692,"date":"2019-03-01T22:01:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T14:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/?p=18692"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:35:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:35:26","slug":"coinomi-desktop-wallet-security-issue-discovered-developers-claim-blackmail-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dash.org\/news\/coinomi-desktop-wallet-security-issue-discovered-developers-claim-blackmail-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinomi Desktop Wallet Security Issue Discovered, Developers Claim Blackmail Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18693\" src=\"https:\/\/www2019.dash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coinomi-Desktop-Wallet-Security-Issue-Discovered-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.dash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coinomi-Desktop-Wallet-Security-Issue-Discovered-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.dash.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Coinomi-Desktop-Wallet-Security-Issue-Discovered.jpg 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A security vulnerability was discovered in the Coinomi wallet by a user that its developers claim attempted blackmail.<\/p>\n<p>Coinomi, a multi-coin multi-platform cryptocurrency wallet, reportedly suffered a security vulnerability related to a Google spell checker API leaking recovery seeds. This vulnerability has since been patched, and reportedly only affected desktop versions of the wallet when restoring from a previous existing seed. Cryptocurrency security researcher Warith Al Maawali claimed loss of funds stemming from this vulnerability <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warith2020\/status\/1099173612009992192\">earlier this month<\/a>, with security researcher Luke Childs publicizing it several days later.<\/p>\n<p>Coinomi has since&#8230;&#8230; For Full Story please read:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A security vulnerability was discovered in the Coinomi wallet by a user that its developers claim attempted blackmail. Coinomi, a multi-coin multi-platform cryptocurrency wallet, reportedly suffered a security vulnerability related to a Google spell checker API leaking recovery seeds. 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