Poly Network hacker gave back more than $600 million in stolen crypto

The hacker that stole around $600 million worth of crypto coins from Poly Network has now finished returning them after starting the process nearly two weeks ago (via CNBC). Poly Network says in a blog post that it’s now beginning the process of returning the stolen assets, which include Ethereum, Binance tokens, and Dogecoin, to their rightful owners. Poly Network says that there’s still work for it to do — it’s working on getting approximately $33 million worth of assets unfrozen and is continuing to restore the functionality of its Poly Bridge service, which lets users transfer crypto between blockchains.

“Thanks to Mr. White Hat’s cooperation, Poly Network has officially entered the fourth phase of our roadmap ‘Asset Recovery.’”

“SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE! IT MUST BE ONE OF THE MOST WILD ADVENTURES IN OUR LIVES.”

Embedded in one of the final transactions from the hacker is a long note, in which he apologizes for the inconvenience he’s caused, calls the hack and process of returning the funds a “wild adventure,” and promises to return more money than he originally stole (which he requests be distributed to “survivors,” seemingly referring to those who had their money stolen). According to the hacker’s note, the extra funds come from the $500,000 bounty that Poly Network paid him for finding the security flaw, as well as from the stream of donations that he’s received since the hack (and is still receiving, according to his wallet’s transaction records).

“DISTRIBUTING THE EXTRA ASSETS TO THE ‘SURVIVORS’ WOULD BE THE LAST REQUEST FROM THIS MAN.”

As for when Poly Network’s users will actually see the returned funds hit their wallets, the company says it’s working on returning them “within the shortest time frame possible.”

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