Why did I just find out about this scandal? The South Korean tax agency simply published a photo of a Ledger hardware wallet with a handwritten mnemonic phrase in a press release. Seriously, this is not a joke.



Since then, tokens worth approximately $4.8 million of PRTG have disappeared from the wallet. On the blockchain, it’s visible that on the night of the 27th, 4 million PRTG were transferred to an anonymous address. Experts say this is a direct result of such negligence.

This is just unbelievable — a government agency doesn’t understand basic cybersecurity rules. How could they allow this to happen? They not only disclosed private keys but also lost state assets of PRTG due to their own carelessness. The director of the Blockchain Institute at Isin University has already criticized this incident. I don’t know how to explain this to the public...
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