Bitcoin Red Team finds 4,962 issues reviewing Bitcoin projects after Coldcard exploit

A volunteer Bitcoin security initiative has identified 4,962 potential security issues across 390 Bitcoin-related projects during its first 29.8 hours of AI-assisted code reviews, with 720 classified as high or critical severity. Summary Bitcoin Red Team has identified 4,962 potential security issues across 390 Bitcoin projects. The volunteer group said 720 findings were classified as high or critical severity. More than one fifth of the reported issues have already been reproduced through verification. The review campaign was launched days after the Coldcard wallet attacks exposed a firmware flaw. The team said it has already reported several critical vulnerabilities to affected projects. According to Bitcoin developer Calle, the Bitcoin Red Team has launched a coordinated security review covering Bitcoin libraries, wallets, infrastructure software and other open-source projects following the recent Coldcard wallet attacks. red teaming bitcoin:– we’ve written multiple harnesses and we’re launching a huge wave of reviews against many core bitcoin projects: crypto libs, wallets, infra, …– situation is extremely bad.– we’re averaging on the order of 1 critical exploit per hour per pe...