Days after the cryptocurrency platform Poly Network issued a $500,000 reward for the return of $610 million in stolen funds, the purported hacker returned the remaining funds, according to a Monday (Aug. 23) announcement from the company. The so-called “white-hat” hacker, which was identified by...
Cryptocurrency platform Poly Network on Friday (Aug. 13) thanked the so-called “white hat” hacker or hackers who seemed to exploit a vulnerability in the company’s digital contracts and execute a $610 million hack by offering a $500,000 “bug bounty,” according to Reuters. Poly Network’s statement...
The hacker or hackers behind the theft from Poly Network, which facilitates peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, have now returned almost all the $613 million they stole, Reuters reported, as they claim they always intended to do. The theft was one of the largest reported of cryptocurrency,...
A group of hackers who carried out what is believed to be the largest cryptocurrency heist on record have returned more than half of the money they stole. According to Reuters, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Poly Network reported on Thursday (Aug. 12) that $342...
August 23, 2021
Days after the cryptocurrency platform Poly Network issued a $500,000 reward for the return of $610 million in stolen funds, the purported hacker returned the remaining funds, according to a Monday (Aug. 23) announcement from the company. The so-called “white-hat” hacker, which was identified by Poly Network as “Mr. White Hat,” had exploited a vulnerability […]
August 13, 2021
Cryptocurrency platform Poly Network on Friday (Aug. 13) thanked the so-called “white hat” hacker or hackers who seemed to exploit a vulnerability in the company’s digital contracts and execute a...
August 12, 2021
The hacker or hackers behind the theft from Poly Network, which facilitates peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, have now returned almost all the $613 million they stole, Reuters reported, as they claim...
August 12, 2021
A group of hackers who carried out what is believed to be the largest cryptocurrency heist on record have returned more than half of the money they stole. According to...
