Bitcoin-loaded honeypot site with $2,021 bounty hacked and drained in under 20 hours
Polymarket · x · 2026-10-26
A developer deliberately built a vulnerable PHP website, loaded it with $2,021 worth of Bitcoin, and challenged the internet to breach it.
The site was hacked and the Bitcoin drained in under 20 hours — a live demonstration of how quickly exposed, vulnerable web apps get found and exploited once public.
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