A press release from the South Korean National Tax Service inadvertently revealed a mnemonic phrase, leading to the theft of approximately $4.8 million in seized cryptocurrency.

PANews reported on February 27th that, according to South Korea's Asia Economy, the South Korean National Tax Service released a press release on February 26th regarding on-site searches of 124 individuals who habitually default on large tax payments. The release included photos of the seized Ledger cryptocurrency wallet's mnemonic phrase, without any blurring or blurring. Blockchain data expert Jaewoo Cho stated that shortly after the mnemonic phrase was leaked, the 4 million PRTG tokens stored in the wallet were transferred to an unidentified wallet in the early hours of February 27th, with an estimated loss of approximately 6.4 billion won (about US$4.8 million). Analysis shows that the thief first deposited a small amount of Ethereum into the wallet for transaction fees, and then transferred all the tokens in three separate transactions.

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