As you may have heard, around $600 million worth of cryptocurrencies were stolen from the Poly Network not too long ago.
However, in an unexpected turn of events, the cyber thief who stole it gave back half, stating that it was always his intention to return what was stolen.
That said, a Publication A recent Poly Network revealed that the total amount stolen was returned to them.
At 8:39:04+UTC on August 23, 2021, Mr. White Hat publicly shared a private key in his possession to the 3/4 multi-signature wallet via a message in the chain.
Poly Network successfully reclaimed the remaining 28,953 ETH and 1,032 WBTC (about $141 million). At this point, all user assets that were transferred during the incident have been fully recovered.
The company had already tried to convince the cyber thief to return the value offering you a “bug reward” of $500,000.
he too offered the post of “Chief Security Adviser”, but all offers were rejected. In any case, luckily, the value was returned and it seems that this story has a happy ending, although everything sounds very strange.