Zeus Wallet taken offline after cyberattack, says no customer funds at risk

cointelegraphPublicado a 2026-08-06Actualizado a 2026-08-06

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Zeus Wallet, a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning wallet, took its infrastructure offline following a cybersecurity attack on Wednesday. The company states that customer funds were not at risk and the incident appears limited to its own infrastructure, not affecting Lightning node software. Founder Evan Kaloudis said the attack was mitigated within hours. Customers who had Lightning Service Provider channels closed will receive replacements upon service restoration. While the nature of the attack and a restoration timeline were not disclosed, Zeus highlighted the incident reinforces its focus on security projects like trusted execution environments and the Validating Lightning Signer. This follows Zeus's recent disabling of swaps due to partner Boltz halting its operations.

Zeus Wallet, a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet, took its infrastructure offline after a cybersecurity incident on Wednesday, and is auditing its systems before restoring services.

In an X post announcing the incident, Zeus said the attack did not put customer funds at risk and that it had no evidence the incident affected Lightning node software. “Based on our investigation so far, we believe this incident was limited to Zeus infrastructure,” Zeus founder Evan Kaloudis said in a company blog post.

According to Kaloudis, Zeus mitigated the attack within hours. He said that customers whose Lightning Service Provider (LSP) channels closed during the incident will receive replacement channels once services resume.

The company did not disclose the nature of the attack or provide a timeline for restoring operations. Zeus said the incident reinforces its work on trusted execution environments, also known as enclaves, and the Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) project to strengthen its infrastructure.

Zeus’ move follows its Monday announcement that it would disable swaps following Boltz’s decision to halt operations. Boltz, a non-custodial Bitcoin swap service, said that its platform would remain disabled until further notice.

Cointelegraph requested Zeus provide additional details about the incident but had not received a response by publication.

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QWhat type of wallet is Zeus Wallet and what action did it take following the cybersecurity incident?

AZeus Wallet is a self-custodial Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet. Following the cybersecurity incident on Wednesday, it took its infrastructure offline.

QAccording to the company, were customer funds at risk due to the attack?

ANo, according to the X post and company blog post, the attack did not put customer funds at risk.

QWhat did Zeus founder Evan Kaloudis say about the scope of the incident?

AEvan Kaloudis stated, "Based on our investigation so far, we believe this incident was limited to Zeus infrastructure."

QWhat two security-related projects did the company say this incident reinforces its work on?

AThe company said the incident reinforces its work on trusted execution environments (enclaves) and the Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) project.

QWhat action had Zeus taken prior to this incident, related to another service called Boltz?

APrior to this incident, on Monday, Zeus announced it would disable swaps following Boltz's decision to halt operations.

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