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How an Attacker Emptied 1,404 Qubic Wallets Without Breaking the Blockchain

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Qubic (QUBIC) fell 5.2% over the past 24 hours to $0.0000004394, according to BeInCrypto Markets data. The drop came after an attacker drained 1,404 Qubic wallets and validators halted the network. The total crypto market declined 2.8% over the same window, so QUBIC fell nearly twice as hard. The steeper slide lines up with a security incident the project disclosed on October 18. Follow us on X to get the latest news as it happens How Weak Seeds Opened 1,404 Wallets Qubic, the AI-based mining protocol behind last year’s disputed Monero majority claim , said the drain took under two hours. It began at 23:42 UTC on October 17 and ended at 01:26 UTC on October 18.

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