Hackers stole $3,000,000 in crypto, but returned $830,000
The Multichain DeFi protocol was hacked by at least three hackers, as a result of which they took possession of $3,000,000 worth of cryptocurrency.
The incident took place on January 17, 2022. The exploit was reported by the developers of the Multichain project. Help in finding the problem was provided by cybersecurity company Dedaub. As it turned out, the hackers withdrew the WETH, PERI, OMT, WBNB, AVAX and MATIC cryptocurrencies from the accounts.
1/A critical vulnerability that affected 6 tokens (WETH, PERI, OMT, WBNB, MATIC, AVAX) has been reported and fixed.
— Multichain (Previously Anyswap) (@MultichainOrg) January 17, 2022
All assets on both V2 Bridge and V3 Router are safe, and cross-chain transactions can be safely done.
More info????https://t.co/Mm6yWMwlCS
The total damage is estimated at $3,000,000 at the exchange rate at the time the protocol was hacked. One of the hackers received 309 Ethereum coins, which was equivalent to almost $1,000,000. At the same time, he returned 259 coins ($830,000) to the affected investor. The hacker kept the remaining 50 ETH as a reward for the discovered vulnerability.
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— Multichain (Previously Anyswap) (@MultichainOrg) January 20, 2022
According to the tracking data, one whitehat hacker has returned 259 ETH (https://t.co/BvTwOQTsE1 ). At this moment, a total of 602.693538 ETH is exploited. We are trying to get more funds back.
After the information about the theft of assets appeared, users criticized Multichain for an insufficient level of security. Due to the large number of negative reviews, the project developers have closed the ability to comment on posts on Twitter.
A source: @MultichainOrg
