Platform Poly Network, who fell victim to one of the biggest thefts of cryptocurrencies, received back some of the stolen tokens. On August 10, an unknown hacker stole several types of cryptocurrencies from the platform, including Etherea, Binance Coin or Polygon, worth about 611 million US dollars (more than 13 billion crowns). Server CNBC but he announced that the thief had returned almost half of the stolen tokens.
— Poly Network (@PolyNetwork2) August 11, 2021
Immediately after discovering the theft, the platform called on the hacker to return the stolen cryptocurrencies because his act damaged many members of the crypto and de-fi community. Poly Network also announced that it would treat the case as a criminal act. Cybersecurity firm Slowmist and other subjects in the field subsequently reported that they knew the IP address, e-mail, and other information about the attacker that could lead to his detection. Similarly, users began posting information about the attacker on Twitter.
Track this Transaction 252 days ago from Binance 2 wallet : 0xd551234ae421e3bcba99a0da6d736074f22192ff , you will know everything about him, u lost 600 million to a kid, get better devs.
— B8fd2142f (@b8fd2142f) August 11, 2021
Agentura Reuters noted that the hacking of the Poly Network is comparable in scale to the largest thefts of cryptocurrencies from the Coincheck Stock Exchange in 2018 or Mt. Gox in 2014. In both cases, service users lost about half a billion dollars. However, according to the agency, the attack on the Poly Network also shows how difficult it is to legalize stolen cryptocurrencies. Thanks to blockchain technology, it is possible to monitor the movement of tokens between wallets, which makes it difficult for attackers to exchange tokens for fiat currencies.
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