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Coins•Oct 18, 2026

Qubic Freezes Blockchain After Attacker Drains 1.4K Wallets With Weak Seeds

Key Highlights: Qubic patched a critical vulnerability in its web wallet caused by using JavaScript’s non-cryptographic Math.random() function for seed generation. Network validators, known as Computors, will vote on recovery options for frozen funds once the core team completes its audit of impacted wallets. The incident adds to an ongoing pattern of seed-generation vulnerabilities across ...

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Coins•Oct 18, 2026

Qubic Network Halts Operations Following $1.3 Million Wallet Drain

Key Highlights: A security flaw in Qubic’s wallet seed generation led to the theft of tokens valued at approximately $1.26 million based on CoinGecko pricing on Oct. 18. The vulnerability stemmed from using the insecure JavaScript function Math.random() instead of cryptographically secure alternatives across several Apple operating system environments. Qubic deployed a fix in wallet ...

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