Huobi Global’s cryptocurrency exchange, HTX, has successfully recovered the funds stolen by a hacker in late September and has taken the unusual step of issuing a 250 Ether (ETH) bounty to the individual responsible after resolving the issue.
The incident occurred when one of HTX’s hot wallets was drained of 5,000 ETH on September 25, valued at approximately $8 million at the time of the exploit. Following the security breach, the exchange managed to establish communication with the hacker and claimed to have identified their identity.
HTX, in a bid to resolve the matter without legal action, made a unique offer to the hacker. They proposed paying a 5% bounty, equivalent to around $400,000, and pledged not to pursue any legal action if the hacker returned 95% of the stolen funds before the deadline of October 2.
An update on October 7, conveyed through an X post disclosed a confirmation from Justin Sun, an investor in Huobi Global and an adviser to HTX (also associated with TRON and BT
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