Litecoin Postmortem: MWEB Bug Let Attacker Fake 85,034 LTC Pegout Before Devs Froze Funds

Litecoin developers published a postmortem on Tuesday confirming two related security incidents tied to a critical Mimblewimble Extension Block validation bug that allowed an attacker to fabricate an 85,034 LTC pegout in March 2026 and later trigger a 13-block chain reorganization in April that hit Thorchain and NEAR Intents. Key Takeaways: A Litecoin MWEB validation […]