Hacker Behind $600 Million Crypto Heist Returned Stolen Funds
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The hacker behind the biggest cryptocurrency heist of all time has finally handed access to the final tranche of stolen funds.
Poly Network, a platform in the decentralized finance or “DeFi” area, was hacked last month, with the hacker or hackers acquiring almost $600 million in digital tokens. The criminal took advantage of Poly Network’s software flaw to move the cash to their own accounts.
In an unexpected twist, the Poly Network hacker did not flee with the funds. Instead, they initiated contact with the targeted organization, offering to return all funds. Last week, the hacker returned all of the funds virtually, except $33 million in tether, or USDT, a dollar-pegged bitcoin that was locked by its issuers.
However, there was a problem, more than $200 million in assets were locked up in an account that needed both Poly Network and the hacker to enter passwords. The hacker has been refusing to provide out their password for several days, only stating that they would do it when “everyone is ready.”
Poly Network appealed to the hacker, dubbed “Mr. White Hat,” to refund the money. The company guaranteed the anonymous person a $500,000 reward for assisting in identifying a security weakness in its systems, as well as a post as “chief security advisor.”
Poly Network now has access to the final batch of stolen cash. According to a blog post published Monday, hacker Mr. White Hat provided the so-called private key needed to restore control of the remaining assets.
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