South Korean police deeply apologized for preventable loss of seized funds.
  • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    4 hours ago

    It’s possible that whoever took the cryptocurrency just seized on an opportunity after seeing the cops’ failure to redact the images while scrolling through the National Tax Service’s press releases at dawn. It’s also possible that bad actors are closely monitoring South Korean police cryptocurrency announcements, following what The Block reported was “a series of crypto custody lapses.”

    Or the cops posted it on purpose and tipped someone off to take advantage of the post.

  • return2ozma@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    121·
    4 hours ago

    Soon after South Korean police posted a press release boasting about seizing $5.6 million worth of cryptocurrency from 124 wealthy tax evaders, cops realized that they had mistakenly posted images that made it possible for a thief to quickly steal most of the seized assets.