Litecoin Falls Victim to Denial-of-Service Attack, Rolls Back 13 Blocks to Mitigate Damage
Late Friday and Saturday, a chain reorganization of 13 blocks was executed on the LTC network, effectively reversing approximately 32 minutes of network activity after attackers exploited a vulnerability in the Mimblewimble Extension Block protocol. The bug enabled a denial-of-service attack against major mining pools, allowing invalid transactions to bypass nodes that had not been updated before…
April 26, 2026, 8:34 a.m.