Developer Brian Guan claimed that the funds were drained in just two minutes, sparking mixed reactions within the crypto community.
A Web3 developer shared the unfortunate story of losing funds after accidentally making his wallet keys publicly available on the developer platform GitHub.
On June 5, Brian Guan, co-founder of the Web3 streaming app Unlonely, shared a post on X, claiming that he lost $40,000 after making a repository on GitHub public. The developer said he forgot that his secret keys were in the repository.
When a community member inquired about how long it took for the funds to be drained, the Web3 founder responded that it took just two minutes for someone to withdraw the funds.