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Ignore This and Risk Your Crypto Vanishing—Forever
If you own XRP or use any crypto wallets, stop scrolling and read this now. A silent vulnerability has just been exposed—one that could let hackers steal your private keys without you even knowing. The fallout? You lose access to your crypto, permanently. And here's the shocking part: this isn't some random bug. It’s a flaw that Peter Todd, the top Satoshi Nakamoto candidate and veteran Bitcoin developer, predicted nearly a decade ago.
In a fiery post, Todd slammed Ripple after a hidden backdoor was uncovered in a JavaScript library used in the XRP Ledger (XRPL). This malicious code, initially detected by Aikido Security, allows private keys to be silently transmitted to a suspicious domain—effectively letting attackers drain wallets that rely on the compromised SDK.
Ripple’s CTO, David Schwartz, acknowledged the vulnerability, admitting the threat was real back in February. Ironically, Todd had warned years ago that Ripple’s lack of cryptographic PGP signature verification would leave their code open to this exact kind of exploit—a warning that has now come painfully true.
In a twist of irony, Todd also noted his own Python library isn't PGP-signed anymore, blaming industry-wide incompetence and PyPi’s decision to drop PGP support. “The entire software industry is incompetent,” Todd stated, pulling no punches.
