Kyber Network offers bounty following $265K hack of decentralized exchange
"As a bug bounty, we are offering you 15% of the funds if you return it and have a conversation with our team," said Kyber Network. KyberSwap, the decentralized exchange built on liquidity protocol Kyber Network, has offered a hacker 15% of the funds from a $265,000 exploit as a bug bounty.In a Thursday blog post, Kyber Network said a hacker had used a frontend exploit to pilfer roughly $265,000 worth of user funds from KyberSwap. The protocol said it will compensate all users for any missing funds related to the exploit, and directly addressed the hacker to give them an opportunity to....
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