The shocking thing that happened to the Korean Tax Service last month. They leaked a mnemonic phrase in an official press release, can you imagine? Literally with an unblurred photo of a Ledger wallet and the handwritten mnemonic words. It sounds like a joke but it's really true.



The result? Almost $4.8 million lost in just a few hours. Even the 4 million PRTG tokens were transferred immediately to an anonymous address on the morning of the 27th. The mnemonic is basically the keys to all the funds there, so there's no problem for the thief to take everything.

The most frustrating part is that experts said the only thing missing was basic cybersecurity from the Korean Tax Authority. Like, how do you even leak the mnemonic to the public? Such a mistake should not happen in a government agency with access to sensitive financial data. This whole situation is just extremely careless.
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