Data leak
[loss] $5M+
"Korea police track second thief after NTS crypto leak as first suspect surrenders"
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$4.9M
(4,920,000 USD)
Incident Details
After a thief drained a crypto wallet of 4 million PRTG (notionally priced at $4.9 million, but highly illiquid) after blundering Korean tax officials posted the wallet’s seed phrase to social media in a photo among other seized items, the thief returned the assets. However, the tokens were quickly stolen again by a second thief, as they’d been returned to the same vulnerable wallet. The first thief turned themselves in and was arrested by Korean law enforcement shortly after taking the funds; the second thief has not been identified.
Total loss estimated at $4,920,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Seed phrase / wallet compromise
- Vendor / Product
- Returned crypto stolen again from Korean authorities
Timeline
- 2026-03-03 Breach occurred
- 2026-03-03 Publicly disclosed