Amboss on Nostr: Sony lost the PlayStation 3 master key because one throwaway number got used twice. ...
Published at
2026-08-11 16:37:46 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "Sony lost the PlayStation 3 master key because one throwaway number got used twice.\n\nThe same bug drained Bitcoin wallets in 2013.\n\nRun the attack yourself on real secp256k1. It takes 77 microseconds.\nhttps://drop.amboss.tech/signatures-explainer.html",
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