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First Then Courtesy? Liquid Network Hacker Returns 3,400 Bitcoin but Keeps Bitcoin Worth USD 47 Million as a Bounty
#Cryptocurrency The Liquid Network hacker returned 3,400 bitcoin after a security incident, while keeping 598.5 bitcoin worth USD 47 million as a potential bounty. Yesterday, 4,000 bitcoin were stolen from Liquid Network's reserve vault. The attacker claimed to be a white-hat hacker and said the bitcoin would be returned after the vulnerability was fixed. However, the hacker may have been concerned that the platform would take advantage of the situation without paying a bounty, so they transferred out the bitcoin and negotiated a reward. It remains unclear whether the 598.5 bitcoin retained by the hacker constitutes an official bounty, as Liquid Network has not yet issued an official statement. Read more: https://ourl.co/126696
- Victim: Liquid Network
- Actor: Liquid Network hacker
- Method: Theft of bitcoin from the reserve vault