* Part of an MBC article is quoted.
https://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2026/nwdesk/article/6804005_37004.html
The National Tax Service seized several billion won worth of cryptocurrency from high-value delinquents, but it leaked out, and the police are investigating.
According to a press release distributed to the media, the core information of a virtual currency wallet that can transfer coins even without a physical USB was released as is. Someone stole the coins using this information.
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This device, which looks like a USB, is an electronic wallet containing coins, and the English words written on the side paper are recovery phrases to open the wallet.
In short, it's like publicly disclosing a password and security card.
With these phrases alone, you can open an electronic wallet from another device and transfer coins even without the physical USB.
In fact, about 6.9 billion won worth of cryptocurrency was leaked out within a day of exposure, and the National Police Agency launched an investigation.
However, the National Tax Service said that the coin is a virtual asset that is hardly traded in the market and therefore difficult to cash out, and vowed to recover it as soon as possible.
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* Note: The following is said to be an image of the original press release.
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260227180500002
