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South Korea’s tax office leaks wallet seed and loses $4.8M in seized tokens

  • Cointelegraph by Christina Comben--Cointelegraph
  • published date: 2026-02-27 14:06:16 UTC

South Korea’s National Tax Service reportedly published a wallet seed phrase in a press release, and tokens worth $4.8 million were swiftly drained in the latest custody blunder for the authorities.

South Koreas National Tax Service (NTS) accidentally exposed a crypto wallet seed phrase in an official press release on Thursday, leading to a loss of 4 million PRTG  (PreRetogeum) tokens worth abou… [+2488 chars]