{"id":1955,"date":"2026-03-17T10:05:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/south-korean-police-accidentally-post-cryptocurrency-wallet-password\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:05:20","slug":"south-korean-police-accidentally-post-cryptocurrency-wallet-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/south-korean-police-accidentally-post-cryptocurrency-wallet-password\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean Police Accidentally Post Cryptocurrency Wallet Password"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An expensive mistake<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\nSomeone jumped at the opportunity to steal $4.4 million in crypto assets after South Korea\u2019s National Tax Service exposed publicly the mnemonic recovery phrase of a seized cryptocurrency wallet.<\/p>\n

The funds were stored in a Ledger cold wallet seized in law enforcement raids at 124 high-value tax evaders that resulted in confiscating digital assets worth 8.1 billion won (currently approximately $5.6 million).<\/p>\n

When announcing the success of the operation, the agency released photos of a Ledger device, a popular hardware wallet for crypto storage and management.<\/p>\n

However, the images also showed a handwritten note of the wallet recovery phrase, which serves as the master key that allows restoring the assets to another device.<\/p>\n

The authorities failed to redact that info, allowing anyone to transfer into their account the assets in the cold wallet.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, shortly after the press release was published, 4 million Pre-Retogeum (PRTG) tokens, worth approximately $4.8 million at the time, were transferred out of the confiscated wallet to a new address.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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