Researchers find tons of red flags in Bitfi’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet

Researchers find tons of red flags in Bitfi’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet
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2018-7-31 15:59

Last week, John McAfee offered up $100,000 to anyone who could break into the Bitfi wallet – a device advertised as the world’s first completely “unhackable” cryptocurrency wallet. Bitfi even asked that all attempts be made public.

An ad-hoc collective of hackers and security researchers is doing just that, already finding a bunch of kinks that throw the device’s security into question. While nobody has managed to claim the $100,000 reward for stealing the $50 worth of cryptocurrencies inside, the squad have torn it apart.  Ryan Castellucci, software engineer and hardware hacker commented that Bitfi appears to be exactly what it seems to…

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John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet has been hacked (again)

Remember John McAfee’s supposedly “unhackable” cryptocurrency wallet? It appears a group of researchers is about to prove the once-lauded antivirus pioneer wrong. After cracking the so-called Bitfi wallet to play legendary game DOOM on it, today the researchers were able to successfully send signed transactions with the device – that is despite the “security” mechanisms Bitfi has in place to prevent attackers from doing that.

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Unhackable? McAfee Hardware Wallet Uses Parts From ‘Cheap’ Smartphones

John McAfee and cryptocurrency hardware manufacturer Bitfi are facing heavy criticism after photos of the pair’s new wallet appeared online. ‘No Sign Of A Secure Element’ The Bitfi hardware wallet, which creators claim is “unhackable,” in fact runs off a standard motherboard common in “cheap” smartphones, social media users claim.

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Макафи пообещал $100 тысяч за взлом “невзламываемого” криптокошелька

Шотландско-американский программист Джон Макафи (John McAfee) пообещал $100 тысяч за взлом “невзлавымаемого” криптокошелька BitFi Wallet. Он предлагает желающим воспользоваться такой возможностью зарегистрироваться как хакерам, чтобы получить устройство с 50 ВТС.

2018-7-29 11:47


Джон Макафи заплатит $100 тысяч любому, кто сможет взломать кошелек Bitfi

Джон Макафи один из тех людей, кто предпочитает словам дело, сообщает The Next Web. Так вчера он сообщил в своем твиттере, что готов заплатить $100 тысяч тому, кто сможет взломать его «неуязвимый» кошелёк Bitfi.

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Джон Макафи: я заплачу взломщику моего криптокошелька $100 тысяч

Криптоветеран и основатель MGT Capital Investments Джон Макафи заплатит $100 тысяч любому, кто сможет взломать разработанный им кошелек Bitfi. For all you naysayers who claim that “nothing is unhackable” & who don’t believe that my Bitfi wallet is truly the world’s first unhackable device, a $100,000 bounty goes to anyone who can hack it. Money […]

2018-7-25 18:41


Bitfi launching open source crypto wallet and 1st hardware wallet for Monero

Bitfi, a global payments technology company working to enable businesses and consumers to participate in the digital currency economy, today announced Bitfi Knox Wallet – the first unhackable, open source hardware wallet with an accompanying dashboard that features wireless setup and support for many popular cryptocurrencies and crypto assets, including Monero, a fully decentralized private cryptocurrency that has previously never had a hardware wallet solution.

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