Bitcoin wallet bug let rogue servers steal funds during fee bumps

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A flaw in certain bitcoin wallets allowed malicious servers to swap legitimate transactions for fraudulent ones. The attacks targeted users who tried to speed up their payments by raising transaction fees. Attackers exploited this by waiting for users to approve the higher fees on the substituted transactions. At least one user lost bitcoin before developers released a fix for the vulnerability.

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