b14g Says No Private Keys Were Stolen After CORE Token Scare
Nov 8, 2026
b14g confirms its CORE token exploit wasn't a private-key leak, says staked Bitcoin was unaffected, and promises repayments within about a week.
What Actually Happened
Bitcoin staking platform b14g suffered an odd exploit that let an attacker pull roughly 97 million CORE tokens through a bug in how zero-value withdrawals were handled, rather than anything to do with stolen passwords or private keys.
Staked Bitcoin Was Never at Risk
The good news for users: the actual Bitcoin people staked through the platform stayed time-locked and untouched the whole time. The exploit only hit the CORE token side of things, and b14g paused the affected contracts almost immediately while working with the Core team, security partners, and exchanges to trace and freeze the stolen funds.
Repayments On the Way
b14g has since confirmed the incident wasn't a private-key leak and says affected users should see repayments within about a week, with a full post-mortem to follow. It's a reminder that even "boring" bugs in withdrawal logic can cause real damage.