🚨BasicSwapDEX exploited. Losses of 0.66 BTC ($42k) confirmed so far (h/t OrangeFren (nprofile…apzt) ).
New BasicSwapDEX release (v0.17.2) is out with fix, update asap: it fixes the swap security issue, updating to 0.17.2 before you resume any swaps is MANDATORY.
https://blog.basicswapdex.com/basicswap-release-v017_2/
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2026-07-14 17:05:39 UTC
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wss://nos.lolPublished at
2026-07-14 17:05:39 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "🚨BasicSwapDEX exploited. Losses of 0.66 BTC ($42k) confirmed so far (h/t nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytngv44hxar9wghx7un89uqzpfsr39ca2s54psfufk3ft092xlres5v4ky4sl22ldzr0ucyq2zaejqapzt ).\nNew BasicSwapDEX release (v0.17.2) is out with fix, update asap: it fixes the swap security issue, updating to 0.17.2 before you resume any swaps is MANDATORY.\nhttps://blog.basicswapdex.com/basicswap-release-v017_2/",
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