Core Lightning warns attackers are targeting unpatched Bitcoin nodes
Core Lightning warned that attackers are targeting Bitcoin Lightning nodes running version 26.06.7 or earlier, and told operators of those nodes to upgrade immediately. The alert focuses on older Core Lightning releases and leaves operators using those versions with an urgent update task.
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Users running older Core Lightning nodes are the ones who notice this first, because the warning is aimed at operators on version 26.06.7 or earlier. For them, the immediate change is that they are told to upgrade right away if they are still on those releases.
Before this alert, older Core Lightning releases were simply available for use; after it, operators of those versions are told to move off them immediately. What does not change from the text is that the warning is limited to affected older releases, not every Lightning node.
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