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South Korean tax agency’s crypto blunder exposes millions to theft

South Korea’s tax authorities wanted to showcase their crackdown on tax evaders by publicizing seized cryptocurrency but ended up handing cybercriminals a multimillion-dollar heist on a silver platter. Officials posted high-resolution images of confiscated hardware wallets alongside handwritten seed phrases, the master passwords allowing anyone to empty those wallets without needing the physical device. The […]