# Qubic freezes chain after attacker drains 1.4K wallets with weak seeds

- Source: Cointelegraph
- Published: 2026-10-19T01:03:27+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://cointelegraph.com/news/qubic-freezes-chain-after-attacker-drains-14k-wallets-with-weak-seeds?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/qubic-freezes-chain-after-attacker-drains-1-4k-wallets-with-weak-seeds-0ba794/

Qubic says 87.1% of the stolen funds remain onchain and the rest were frozen at crypto exchange MEXC, as network validators prepare to vote on a recovery plan.

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