South Korean Prosecutors Recover All $21 Million in Stolen Bitcoin
In August 2025, hackers stole 320.8 $BTC (~$21.4M) from South Korea's Gwangju Prosecutors' Office after investigators accidentally entered wallet seed phrases on a phishing website.
How They Recovered it All: ➜ Tracked stolen BTC movements on-chain ➜ Coordinated with global exchanges to freeze hacker's wallets ➜ Blocked every possible cash-out route
Result? The Frustrated Hacker Secretly Returned All 320.8 BTC on Feb 17, without any arrest.
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South Korean Prosecutors Recover All $21 Million in Stolen Bitcoin
In August 2025, hackers stole 320.8 $BTC (~$21.4M) from South Korea's Gwangju Prosecutors' Office after investigators accidentally entered wallet seed phrases on a phishing website.
How They Recovered it All:
➜ Tracked stolen BTC movements on-chain
➜ Coordinated with global exchanges to freeze hacker's wallets
➜ Blocked every possible cash-out route
Result? The Frustrated Hacker Secretly Returned All 320.8 BTC on Feb 17, without any arrest.
Key Lesson: You Can Steal Bitcoin, but You Can't Hide it. The blockchain Never Forgets.#WhenisBestTimetoEntertheMarket