Bitcoin Payment Processor Btcpay Hit by Hot Wallet Theft Reports

Btcpay Server issued an emergency shutdown warning Nov. 1, 2026, after reports that attackers were draining bitcoin from hot wallets connected to self-hosted payment servers. Founder Nicolas Dorier linked the reported compromises to versions predating 2.4.2, while indicating that public servers running version 2.4.7 had not been attacked. The warning arrived just three days after an AI-assisted security overhaul addressed 85 vulnerabilities, raising questions about the risks facing operators who delay software updates. At approximately 22:25 UTC on Nov. 1, Btcpay Server’s official account published an urgent notice : Operators were instructed to shut down their instances using the ./btcpay-down.sh command until investigators could establish what happened.

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