LNbits, the open-source Lightning Network wallet and accounts platform, released version 1.7.0 on November 10 as an urgent security update and instructed all operators to upgrade before restarting their servers. The project’s official X account posted the announcement with a link to the GitHub release, calling it a “SECURITY UPDATE”.

The release follows a wave of attacks that began over the weekend. On November 8, LNbits posted on X that all users should stop their LNbits servers immediately after reporting active attacks, adding that security patches were being prepared and that it was “better to err on the side of caution.” 

The project also disabled instances on…

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