Developer posts secret key on GitHub, loses $40K in 2 minutes - eviltoast
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.
  • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Some speculate that AI assisting him in programming could have made the error, in which case I hope he gets fucked by it again in the future.