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South Korean Authorities Accidentally Hand Hackers $4.8M in Crypto

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Feed Name: DataBreaches.Net

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2026-02-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Dissent

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A press release photo published by South Korea’s National Tax Service exposed the mnemonic (recovery) phrase for a seized cryptocurrency wallet on February 26; attackers used that phrase to drain roughly $4.8 million from the wallet, according to reporting by The Crypto Times and Hansung University Blockchain Research Institute.

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