Hack history / 2026 / Hack or exploit
Crypto stolen from Korean authorities after they post wallet seed phrase
Hack or exploit on Feb 26, 2026
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$4.9M
dollars at the time
Returned
$4.9M
100% of the loss, as a source states it
Rank
#455
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Feb 26, 2026
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
After the theft
- Recovered or frozen
- $4.9M
“$4.9M taken, $0K after recovery or freezing” (Web3 Is Going Great)
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto stolen from Korean authorities after they post wallet seed phrase hack, Feb 26, 2026: $4.9M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htef9bc789ea/ (data as of 2026-11-01).