According to BlockBeats,October 18，Qubic disclosed in an announcement that, from yesterday 23: 42 to today 01: 26 UTC, attackers exploited insufficient randomness in certain wallet Seed to access and transfer funds from 1404 Qubic wallets, totaling approximately 2940000000000 coins QU. The issue lay in the Seed generation mechanism, rather than the Qubic protocol itself. Affected Seed include October 18, 2026 created before then in any browser on an iPhone or iPad Seed, those created before the same date in Mac Safari Seed, and 2025 years July ago via the Qubic iOS App. The network has been paused at Seed.tick 85,371,949, 87.1%of the stolen funds remain on the Qubic network and have been frozen, while the remaining 12.9%has been transferred to MEXC, and the related receiving accounts have also been frozen.Qubic stated that the Seed generation issue was fixed in version 4.26.4, and subsequent measures will be decided by Computor quorum in accordance with network rules. A full technical report will be released after a fund recovery plan is determined.
Original link https://m.theblockbeats.info/flash/372444
Key points
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According to BlockBeats,Qubic disclosed in an announcement that the attack occurred from yesterday 23: 42 to today 01: 26 UTC.
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Qubic stated that attackers exploited insufficient randomness in certain wallets'Seed to access and transfer 1404 Qubic wallets' approximately 2940000000000 coins QU。
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Qubic stated that the issue lay in the Seed generation mechanism, rather than the Qubic protocol itself.
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Affected Seed include October 18, 2026 created before then in any browser on an iPhone or iPad Seed, those created before the same date in Mac Safari Seed, and 2025 years July ago via the Qubic iOS App Seed。
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The network has been paused at tick 85,371,949.
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87.1%of the stolen funds remain on the Qubic network and have been frozen; the remaining 12.9%has been transferred to MEXC, and the related receiving accounts have also been frozen.
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Qubic stated that the Seed generation issue was fixed in version 4.26.4.
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Subsequent measures will be decided by Computor quorum in accordance with network rules, and a full technical report will be released after a fund recovery plan is determined.
AI-assisted interpretation
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Seed can be understood as critical secret information for controlling a wallet. This disclosure stated that insufficient randomness in the generation of some Seed enabled attackers to access wallets and transfer assets.Qubic stated that the vulnerability was in the Seed generation mechanism, not the protocol itself; the network has been paused, and most related funds have been frozen.
Why it matters to readers
The incident involved a large amount of QU and 1404 wallets, and also caused the network to be paused. Whether the funds can be recovered, when the network will resume, and how subsequent measures will be handled will all affect the asset security and usage of affected users.
If you created Qubic within the time frames specified for the listed devices, browsers, or the iOS App Seed, pay close attention to the subsequent Qubic announcements regarding Seed replacement, network resumption, and fund-handling arrangements; do not act solely on unofficial information.
Risks and unknowns
The available evidence is BlockBeats' account of Qubic's announcement and does not include the original Qubic announcement content.
The full technical report has not yet been released, and Seed technical details of the randomness issue cannot be confirmed from the available evidence.
A fund recovery plan has not yet been determined; whether and how affected users can recover their assets is unknown.
Computor quorum No decision on subsequent measures has yet been made.
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The evidence does not specify when the network will resume.
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