The threat actor behind the hack of the Poly Network cross-chain protocol is now returning the stolen funds. The hackers have stolen $611 million worth of cryptocurrency assets, $273 million worth of Ethereum tokens, $253 million in tokens on Binance Smart Chain and $85 million in USDC on the Polygon network.
The Representatives of Poly Network asked the hackers to return the stolen assets to avoid the response of law enforcement.
— Poly Network (@PolyNetwork2) August 10, 2021
According to the DeFi platform, the threat actors already returned almost $260 million worth of stolen cryptocurrency. The reason behind the decision to return the stolen asset is still a mystery.
$260 million (As of 11 Aug 04:18:39 PM +UTC) of assets had been returned:
— Poly Network (@PolyNetwork2) August 11, 2021
Ethereum: $3.3M
BSC: $256M
Polygon: $1M
The remainings are $269M on Ethereum, $84M on Polygon
The attacker has yet to return $269 million on Ethereum and $84 million on Polygon. The threat actors embedded Q&A messages in transactions, he explained that has chosen the Poly Network because he considers the attack one of the most challenging attacks that a hacker could conduct.
Below is the tweet published by Elliptic Co-founder Tom Robinson:
The $600 million Poly Network hacker has published part one of a "Q&A":#polynetworkhack pic.twitter.com/3y1JQnHe50
— Tom Robinson (@tomrobin) August 11, 2021
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