South Korean Police Accidentally Post Cryptocurrency Wallet Password

2026-03-18T07:23:41Zc2af9cc0f7fe0586f52fa1c9dbc205c22ddf831e3a50118d7352a6be1efe3849
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What happened

Multiple security stories: South Korea’s National Tax Service accidentally published the mnemonic (seed) for a seized Ledger hardware wallet, enabling thieves to steal roughly $4.4M — highlighting operational-security failures when handling crypto evidence and the need to never expose private keys or seed phrases in photos or public communications. A new Wi‑Fi attack dubbed “AirSnitch” exploits cross‑layer identity desynchronization to perform bidirectional MitM attacks across SSIDs and network segments, affecting home, office, and enterprise Wi‑Fi stacks. Other notable items: a reported (the‑

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