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Layer-1 blockchain network Qubic halted operations Sunday after an attacker reportedly exploited weakly generated wallet seeds to drain approximately $1.4 million from more than 1,400 accounts, according to the project. In a statement on X, Qubic said the network was halted at tick 85,371,949, where it remains paused at the time of writing. Qubic said the vulnerability affected wallet seeds generated using any browser on an iPhone or iPad, Safari on a Mac until Oct. 18, 2026, or the Qubic iOS app before July 2025, leading to 2.94 trillion Qubit (QU) stolen. “87.1% of the drained funds never left the Qubic network and remain frozen in place,” said Qubic. “The remaining 12.9% was sent to MEXC, whose team froze the receiving account within about an hour.” The Qubic theft is the latest in a series of attacks tied to weak wallet seeds. In July, Coldcard disclosed that attackers had stolen funds from wallets whose seeds were weakened by a firmware bug. Similar flaws affected Trust Wallet’s browser extension and the Libbitcoin Explorer tool in 2023.

Day three of the 2026 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A head of a rainy end forecast to this week, on Wednesday the famous Bosbaan wind dropped a bit, then a lot, just in time for the singles to take to the water and make the most of quick conditions. The Sinkovic brothers’ 2026 campaign for metalware hit a roadblock, but for the most part the expected crews progressed smoothly, and the semi-finals in the late afternoon sun delivered some juicy racing to the appreciative crowds. Photograph: Benedict TufnellSingles superstars shineThe men’s singles stars — Germany’s Zeidler, Greece’s Ntouskos and AIN athlete Zalaty — won their heats by a combined 12 seconds, all winding down as they approached the line. Jokers in their various packs included Bendeguz Petervari Molnar (HUN), who came in a strong second to Ntouskos, Kai Schaetzle (SUI) who kept allcomers at bay in heat six, including the rampaging Belgian Tristan Vandenbussche, and Irishman Fintan McCarthy, coming in a solid second behind Yank Sam Melvin at his first outing in the openweight singles.