A supplied report says Qubic disclosed that 1,404 wallets were compromised between October 17 and 18, with about 2.94 trillion QU transferred before validators halted transactions at tick 85,371,949. The same report links the incident to predictable wallet seeds on older Apple devices and browsers, but no matching readable Qubic incident notice was available to independently confirm the technical details or recovery process.

What the reported Qubic compromise says happened

The supplied report describes a wallet compromise rather than a confirmed failure of Qubic’s underlying consensus. It says 1,404 wallets were affected between October 17 and 18, and that approximately 2.94 trillion QU, valued in the report at about $1.3 million, was moved through unauthorized transfers between 11:42 PM and 1:26 AM the following day.

According to the same account, validators suspended transactions at tick 85,371,949 to prevent further movement. The report also says the vulnerability involved predictable wallet seeds generated in older Apple-device and browser environments, and that the issue was fixed in version 4.26.4. However, this technical explanation remains a reported claim rather than an independently established fact, as the available GitHub material did not document either the alleged flaw or the stated fix.

What MEXC and Bitget restrictions show about recovery

Available exchange evidence confirms that QUBIC transfers were restricted, but it does not independently establish that a specific portion of stolen funds was frozen or that victims will recover their losses. An official MEXC announcement snippet says the exchange suspended QUBIC deposits and withdrawals at the request of the Qubic project team.

This is significant because it suggests containment measures extended beyond the blockchain itself. Still, the visible MEXC text does not identify stolen balances, verify the report’s 12.9% figure, or describe a mechanism for returning funds to affected users.

A Bitget Support Center snippet also indicates that QUBIC deposits and withdrawals were suspended from October 30 until further notice. However, the visible text does not directly connect that action to the same wallet-compromise incident. It is therefore more prudent to view it as a corresponding transfer restriction, rather than proof of a coordinated recovery effort for this specific event.

What remains unresolved for affected Qubic users

The key unanswered question is not whether emergency controls were imposed, but what happens next for users whose wallets were reportedly exposed. The supplied report says any compensation decision will be made by Qubic’s Computor cluster, but no readable governance notice was available outlining the decision-making authority, eligibility criteria, timeline, or possible form of compensation.

Network recovery also remains unclear. No readable validator or incident notice was available to define the conditions for restarting transactions, confirm which wallet versions or creation environments were affected, or explain whether funds remaining on the suspended network can be technically recovered. For now, the clearest conclusion supported by the available information is that Qubic is dealing with a reported wallet-security incident and active transfer restrictions, while recovery and compensation remain unresolved.