South Korean National Tax Agency News Release Leaks Mnemonic Words, About $4.8 Million in Cryptocurrency Stolen

On February 26th, the South Korean National Tax Agency released on-site search news materials targeting 124 high paying and habitual tax defaulters, unexpectedly revealing photos containing the mnemonic words for the seized encryption hardware wallet Ledger, without mosaic processing. Jaewoo Cho, a blockchain data expert, pointed out that after the mnemonic word was leaked, 4 million PRTG tokens stored in the wallet were transferred to an unidentified wallet in the early morning of the 27th, resulting in a loss of approximately 6.4 billion Korean won (about 4.8 million US dollars). Analysis shows that the thief first deposited a small amount of Ethereum into the wallet as a transaction fee, and then transferred all the tokens in three installments.