Hacker returns 70% of stolen funds from Transit Swap

To investigate the hack, the crypto exchange brought in a number of blockchain security companies

03.10.2022 - 08:15

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What’s new? On October 1, Transit Swap, a decentralized exchange (DEX), was hacked. As a result of an internal bug on a swap contract, the attacker managed to withdraw $23 million. However, the team’s quick response and cooperation with cybersecurity companies made it possible to recover 70% of the stolen funds, Cointelegraph reports.

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What else is known about the incident? The developers of the exchange brought in blockchain security companies, Peckshield, SlowMist, Bitrace, and TokenPocket, to investigate the hack. As a result of their joint efforts, they were able to figure out the hacker’s IP address, email, and associated wallets.

Less than 24 hours after the hack, the hacker returned 70% of the stolen assets, sending 3180 ETH, 1500 Binance-Peg ETH, and 50 000 BNB, totaling about $16,2 million. The Transit Swap exchange continues its efforts to recover the remaining 30% of funds.

In September, the DeFi protocol of Wintermute, a market maker, was subjected to a hacker attack, which resulted in the loss of about $160 million in cryptocurrency. Cybersecurity expert James Edwards, known by the nickname Librehash, said that the project’s employees themselves were behind the DeFi protocol’s hack.

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