Another Electrum hack/scam?
“Electrum 4.8.2 is a security update. Please upgrade.”
That sounds reasonable—but should we blindly trust any wallet telling us to update immediately?
Electrum has had serious security incidents in the past. And now we’re told there are undisclosed issues reported by “contributors and researchers.”
So the question is:
What exactly was fixed?
Could this be another legitimate security patch—or another attack vector waiting to be discovered?
The official Electrum site itself says: verify the GPG signatures. Don't just download and run.
Trust less. Verify more.