1inch Security Disclosure Report: Some Ethereum Addresses Created Through a Tool Called Profanity Have Critical Vulnerabilities

Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch has published a security disclosure report claiming that certain Ethereum addresses created through a tool called Profanity have serious vulnerabilities. The breach may have allowed hackers to steal tens of millions of dollars from the wallets of Profanity users over the past few years. 1inch believes that Profanity's address generation method is insecure, and the key linked to the public address can be calculated through a brute force attack. Users who use Profanity to generate addresses are advised to transfer their assets to a new wallet. Launched in 2017, Profanity is a tool that allows ethereum users to generate “vanity addresses,” custom wallets that contain recognizable names or numbers. the