Google identifies Android bug responsible for Bitcoin attack

A little earlier this week, the Bitcoin community disclosed an issue with Android-based wallets for the virtual currency, warning users to upgrade to newer versions (or other apps altogether) or risk having their funds stolen. We were quite curious upon hearing this at the time, as the announcement blamed the situation on the way Android generates random numbers, yet we were under the impression that Google had already fixed this bug in Android 4.2. It turns out, that wasn’t quite the case, and Google’s speaking ...

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