Qubic Halts Blockchain After Weak Wallet Seeds Leave 1,400 Accounts Exposed
Qubic halted its network after attackers exploited weakly generated wallet credentials to remove roughly $1.4 million in cryptocurrency from more than 1,400 accounts, according to the project’s account of the incident. TL;DR: The reported loss involved 1,404 wallets and around 2.94 trillion QU. The issue was traced to wallet seed generation rather than a confirmed […]
Key Takeaways
- Qubic halted its network after attackers exploited weakly generated wallet credentials to remove roughly $1.4 million in cryptocurrency from more than 1,400 accounts, according to the project’s account of the incident.
- TL;DR: The reported loss involved 1,404 wallets and around 2.94 trillion QU.
- The issue was traced to wallet seed generation rather than a confirmed […]
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