If you use LNbits to access a Lightning wallet, updating the software may not be the only step needed to protect it. In a PANews report published November 11, 2026, at 09:27 UTC+8, citing Cointelegraph, LNbits said it had urgently released version 1.7.0 after a wave of attacks that led to stolen funds. It urged users to update immediately and warned that the vulnerability affects all earlier versions.
LNbits also warned that an update alone cannot protect users whose credentials have already been exposed. It recommended resetting wallet keys, changing related credentials and, if a compromise is suspected, moving to another server.
LNbits founder Ben Arc said the team was working to respond after users and the team suffered losses. Separately, one user reported that an attacker created a new account through their LNbits instance and stole approximately 0.023 BTC. That amount is the user’s reported loss, not a confirmed total across the attacks.
