Hackers stole at least $600M in Poly exploit across three chains
Paolo Ardoino reported Tether had frozen roughly $33 million in USDT from one of the affected addresses. In what may be the largest attack in decentralized finance, unknown hackers used an exploit on cross-chain protocol Poly Network to remove at least $610 million from three chains.According to a Tuesday update on Twitter, Poly Network said the attacks had removed assets from Binance Chain, Ethereum, and the Polygon network. Blockchain data from the respective networks shows the hackers stole roughly $273 million from Ethereum, $85 million in USD Coin (USDC) from the Polygon network, and....
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The returned sum represents only a minor portion of the over $600 million stolen from Poly Network. These transfers have occurred across the three wallets associated with the Poly Network hacker across the Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Polygon networks. Poly Network confirmed receipt of the returned funds via a tweet issued on Tuesday.Details from Etherscan show that $2 million worth of Shiba Inu (SHIB) and $616,000 in Fei USD (FEI) tokens are being returned.So far, we have received a total value of $4,772,297.675 assets returned by the hacker. ETH address: $2,654,946.051 BSC....
The Poly Network hacker pledges a payback after the huge fraudulent withdrawal of $600 million of a cross-chain project. Update: PolyNetwork hackers have returned $253 million on the BSC chain. pic.twitter.com/jO0SiWDtyP — Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) August 11, 2021 The hacking of crypto funds occurred across three chains of the Ploy Network. Notably, this series of […]
The Poly Network hacker said they will return the stolen cryptocurrency funds, and have asked for a secured multisig wallet. Following a massive $600 million exploit of cross-chain protocol Poly Network, the Poly Network hacker has claimed his willingness to return the stolen cryptocurrency funds.At about 4:00 UTC on Wednesday, the hacker sent an Ethereum transaction to themselves, stating that they were “ready to return the fund” in an embedded transaction message.Source: EtherscanIn a subsequent message, the hacker asked for a multisig wallet address to return the funds to Poly Network.....
One of the major threats to businesses online, not only the crypto industry, is cybercriminals’ attacks. Even though the existing networks are supposed to be safe and secure, attackers often find loopholes to exploit them in the bid to steal investors’ funds. This is not new in the online world. There have been occasions when hackers even forced companies to shut down. The decentralized finance sector has seen a lot of growth in recent times, but the growing exploitation cases are becoming alarming. Many protocols have suffered such attacks amounting to losses to the tune of millions....
The Ethereum based bridge Ronin was hacked for $600 million in digital assets or 173,600 ETH and $25 million in USDC. This attack has become the largest in the history of decentralized finances (DeFi), surpassing the Poly Network hack which also exploited a bridge-rooted vulnerability. Related Reading | BadgerDAO Pulls A Poly Network As It […]