KiloEX exchange exploiter returns $5.5M days after $7.5M hack
The repayment occurred days after KiloEx offered the hacker a $750,000 “white hat” hacker bounty if they returned 90% of the stolen value.
The hacker behind the $7.5 million KiloEx exploit returned $5.5 million worth of cryptocurrency four days after the attack.
Decentralized exchange (DEX) KiloEx suspended platform operations after suffering a $7.5 million exploit, Cointelegraph reported on April 15.
In a surprising turn of events, the wallet address behind the exploit has returned $5.5 million worth of cryptocurrency to the DEX.