Techub News reports that the Gwangju District Prosecutors Office in South Korea was exposed to have lost Bitcoin worth hundreds of billions of Korean won while in custody of seized items. The prosecution discovered the anomaly during a routine check of private key information stored on USB drives.
The report quotes an internal source from the prosecution saying that the incident may be related to accidentally visiting a "Scam" website during the inspection process. There were initial reports of losses amounting to approximately 70 billion Korean won (about 49 million USD), but the Gwangju District Prosecutors Office responded that they "cannot confirm" the details.
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Techub News reports that the Gwangju District Prosecutors Office in South Korea was exposed to have lost Bitcoin worth hundreds of billions of Korean won while in custody of seized items. The prosecution discovered the anomaly during a routine check of private key information stored on USB drives.
The report quotes an internal source from the prosecution saying that the incident may be related to accidentally visiting a "Scam" website during the inspection process. There were initial reports of losses amounting to approximately 70 billion Korean won (about 49 million USD), but the Gwangju District Prosecutors Office responded that they "cannot confirm" the details.