Qubic Halts Network After $1.3 Million Wallet Drain

HACK OR EXPLOITQubic Halts Network After$1.3 Million Wallet Drain56IMPORTANCEACTIVE2NEWS MEDIA2PIECESOct 18, 2026 15:10blockboard.net

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Qubic halted its network after a wallet drain tied to 1,404 emptied accounts, and one report says the mainnet stop came after the incident was identified. Another report says most of the drained QU remains immobilized on Qubic’s network, while the account that received the rest was frozen by MEXC.

What this rests on

Claim by claim, with its source
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Qubic said 87.1% of the drained QU remained immobilized on its network.
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MEXC froze the account that received the remaining drained QU.
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Qubic halted its network after a wallet drain that emptied 1,404 accounts.
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The incident left 1,404 accounts emptied on Qubic’s mainnet.

What it means

Who it affects, what changes and what is still unconfirmed

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Users and account holders on Qubic are the ones who notice this first, because the event involved 1,404 emptied accounts and a network halt. Anyone relying on those wallets sees immediate disruption in access and activity on the network today.

In practice, the network is no longer operating in the same state it was before the halt, and the drained QU is not all moving freely. Most of it remains immobilized on Qubic’s network, while one receiving account was frozen by MEXC, which leaves those balances in a restricted state.

Market reaction

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How the story was built

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Oct 18 15:09
The Defiant scoop
Breaks the event: $1.3M
+9 min
Oct 18 15:18
Crypto Briefing context
Its angle: vulnerabilities, decentralized, necessitating

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