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🎲 Android SecureRandom Vulnerability

On 11 August 2013, bitcoin.org warned: "A component of Android responsible for generating secure random numbers contains critical weaknesses, that render all Android wallets generated to date vulnerable to theft." Repeated ECDSA nonces exposed keys in Bitcoin Wallet, blockchain.info Wallet, BitcoinSpinner and Mycelium.