# BTCPay Server tells merchants to switch off after hot wallet thefts

- By: Halving News Newsroom
- 2026-11-02T13:50:00.000Z
- Produced with artificial intelligence under human editorial supervision.

## Excerpt

BTCPay Server, an open-source program for accepting bitcoin, asked on 1 November for instances to be shut down after reports of drained hot wallets. Its founder points to versions older than 2.4.2 and to administrator logins of unknown origin. There is no loss or victim count, and funds in those wallets can be lost.

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