A person claiming to be responsible for the Poly Network hack says they never meant to keep the stolen proceeds, and did it for 'fun' and to expose a vulnerability.
The hacker behind one of the largest cryptocurrency heists ever started returning the stolen assets Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the hacker did just that — and started returning millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies, tokens and stablecoins through three separate blockchains — Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum and Polygon — Poly Network said. In messages embedded within Ethereum ETHUSD, +2.44% transactions sent from the account controlled by the hacker, a person claiming to be responsible for the hack said that they had never intended to keep the digital assets, and took them “for fun.” In a lengthy self-Q&A, the person said they had sought to expose a Poly Network vulnerability, and “didn’t want to cause a _real_ panic in the crypto world.
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