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Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes

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Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes

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TechnologyEnglish • 6 months ago

Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally making his wallet keys public on GitHub.

Web3 developer Brian Guan lost $40,000 after accidentally posting his wallet’s secret keys publicly on GitHub, with the funds being drained in just two minutes.
The crypto community’s reactions were mixed, with some offering support and others mocking Guan’s previous comments about developers using AI tools like ChatGPT for coding.
This incident highlights ongoing debates about security practices and the role of AI in software development within the crypto community.

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It would have deposited the funds in an account “foobar123” and been lost forever

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