Hackers attacked the cooperative exchange (Huobi) and returned all the funds
The HTX (Huobi) exchange attacker returned all stolen money, regardless of becoming promised a five% reward. Hackers attacked the cooperative exchange (Huobi) a...
The HTX (Huobi) exchange attacker returned all stolen money, regardless of becoming promised a five% reward.
Hackers attacked the cooperative exchange (Huobi) and returned all the funds
On the evening of October seven, hackers attacked the HTX exchange (the outdated Huobi) from late September and sent back all four,999 ETH stolen from this platform.
Second Guardaonchainthe hacker paid funds to the cooperative’s scorching wallet by two transactions, with the following message connected:
“Message received. Please send the whitehat reward to 0x1Fc8674A51D6b97C968BE384337519CE7003152B. Your system has leaked the hot wallet private key. Please change the hot wallet address and reduce the number of hot wallets on your exchange.”
The Global Hacker Cooperative just returned four,999 stolen money $ETH ($eight.two million). @justinsuntronhttps://t.co/fIxrm01a4zhttps://t.co/gHM0Yjqlqs pic.twitter.com/zX1mdDsRpi
—Lookonchain (@lookonchain) October 7, 2023
Previously, promptly soon after the September 25 assault, the Cooperative exchange sent a message to the hacker permitting him to hold five% of the withdrawn funds as a bug bounty reward, with the ailment of having to pay by October two. The exchange announced that it had found the identity of the hacker and would report the incident to the police soon after the deadline expired.
There are at this time numerous theories about the identity of the hacker and how he attacked the Cooperative, claiming that it was the action of an worker who worked or at this time operates for the exchange. So far, nevertheless, no confirmation has been acquired from the events concerned.
The current incident is the initially time in its ten-12 months background that the Cooperative (Huobi) has encountered a protection vulnerability that has induced harm to customers.
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