Qubic Halts Blockchain After Weak Wallet Seeds Leave 1,400 Accounts Exposed
Summary
Qubic halted its network after attackers used weakly generated wallet credentials to drain about $1.4 million in cryptocurrency from 1,404 accounts, including roughly 2.94 trillion QU. Developers traced the vulnerability to seed generation in a web-wallet environment, reportedly involving JavaScript’s Math.random, rather than a confirmed flaw in the blockchain’s consensus rules. The halt was intended to contain the incident but also stopped normal transactions and raised questions about control and potential rollback. Users were advised to follow official security guidance and use patched wallet software; creating a new address does not recover funds already stolen.
