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Additionally, Poly Network thanked the hacker for his cooperation and stated that they had officially entered the fourth phase of their roadmap “Asset Recovery.” The Poly Network team is in the process of returning full asset control to their users as swiftly as possible.Īs per the panelists of Merkle Science’s “Regulating the DeFi Frontier: Where Consumer Protection & Financial Innovation Collide” webinar, the Poly Network hack is a classic example of the situation where enforcement may arrive before regulation. With respect to the recovery of $33 million USDT, Poly Network stated that they have been in close communication with Tether and that “Tether is in the process of confirming the final unfreezing process” with them. Poly Network after verifying the private key provided by the hacker regained control of the $610 million (not including the frozen $33 million USDT) in assets that were affected in this attack. This comes after Poly Network promised the hacker a $500,000 bounty for the restoration of user funds, inviting him to become its “chief security advisor.” The announcement stated that Poly Network has successfully retrieved the remaining $141 million and has fully recovered all the user assets that were transferred out during the attack.
#COINCHECK BREACH TOKENS VULNERABILITY ATTACKS UPDATE#
On 23 August 2021, Poly Network released another update announcing that the hacker has publicly shared the private key needed to regain control of the remaining assets through an on-chain message. The update further stated that 28,953 ETH and 1,032 WBTC (about $141 million) were still left in the ¾ multi-signature wallet and that Poly Network is waiting for the hacker to provide his private key authorization. Bridges between chains are often more susceptible to exploits as they require more interactions and contract approvals than the other Read MoreĪs per the update provided by the Poly Network on 19 August 2021, assets worth approximately $427 million were returned by the hacker. The news of the Wormhole exploit comes shortly after the Quibit Finance attack, wherein the attacker took advantage of a logical error in Qubit’s smart contract to input malicious data to steal $80 million worth of cryptocurrency. Of late, the attacks on bridge platforms are on the rise. In fact, according to a report by CertiK, which is a leading security-landing platform, the amount of money lost in the hack of DeFi projects more than doubled to $1.3 billion in 2021. The attack happened amidst a rapid increase in hacking incidents suffered by DeFi platforms. This is the largest crypto exploit of 2022 so far and the second-largest decentralized finance (DeFi) attack to date. Wormhole is a popular cross-chain bridge that links Ethereum and Solana blockchain. On February 2, 2022, the Wormhole Token Bridge, suffered an exploit, which resulted in the loss of 120,000 Wrapped Ether (wETH) tokens worth over $320 million at the time. On March 29, 2022, Sky Mavis, the creator of both Ronin and Axie Infinity, reported that the Ronin bridge had been exploited for 173,600 Ethereum (ETH) and 25.5 million USDC Read More The amount lost is calculated based on the ETH/USD price conversion rate on the date of the transaction - March 23, 2022. Additionally, the Ronin Network also stated that it is “still in the process of adding additional security measures before redeploying the Ronin Bridge to mitigate future risk.” The bridge is expected to be deployed by end of April.Īround $568 million worth of crypto has been stolen from the Ronin Network, the blockchain underlying the popular crypto game Axie Infinity. In its official update, the Ronin Network confirmed that the FBI has linked Lazarus to its validator security breach. Department of Treasury stated Lazarus and its sub-groups are controlled by North Korea’s primary intelligence agency, the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). The OFAC first imposed sanctions on Lazarus and two of its sub-groups Bluenoroff and Andariel in September 2019. The North Korean state-sponsored Lazarus group, has been associatedwith several major cyberattacks over the years, including a 2014 hack on Sony Pictures and the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attacks. The Ronin Bridge was exploited for 173,600 ETH and 25.5 million USDC, worth around $568 million at the time of the transaction. At the time of the publication, the wallet holds 138,433.136 ETH valuing close to $402 million. The sanctioned wallet address contains funds stolen in the Ronin security breach.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) addedan Ethereum wallet address ( 0x098B716B8Aaf21512996dC57EB0615e2383E2f96) associated with Lazarus to its sanctions list. Department of Treasury’s Office tied the North Korea-based hacking group, Lazarus, to the Ronin Network exploit.
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