Gwangju prosecutors recover all of about 320 bitcoins stolen in phishing
About 320 seized bitcoins were stolen after a prosecution official entered wallet information on a phishing site. The Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office had exchanges freeze the assets and pursued a tracking investigation. On 17 February 2026, it recovered all of the bitcoins returned by the perpetrator.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- About 320 seized bitcoins stolen, then fully recovered
- Cause / method
- A prosecution official entered wallet information on a phishing site
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataCrypto assets
- Check login and withdrawal history in your exchange app, and turn on withdrawal address whitelisting and withdrawal delays.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- The Gwangju District Prosecutors' Office recovered all of the about 320 seized bitcoins returned by the phisher.
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