On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 12:00:22PM -0400, Sam Hartman wrote:
> Package: ftp.debian.org
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi.  As discussed in
> https://cointelegraph.com/news/phishing-attack-on-electrum-wallet-nets-hacker-almost-1-million-in-hours-report
> the version of electrum in sid is vulnerable to mallware and has been
> disabled by the electrum servers.  So basically the version in sid is
> only useful for getting your bitcoin phished.  At least until this
> version is updated it should be removed.  See #921688 for details.
> 
> I understand that removing electrum means that it will need to take a
> trip through new once fixed.
> I think in this instance given that we haven't fixed such a critical issue in 
> months, it is justified.
Note that it doesn't help with already installed packages.

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