In a surprising turn of events, the hacker responsible for stealing a large sum of Ethereum from HTX Global, formerly Huobi, has refunded the entire stolen amount for the white-hat bounty offered by the exchange, on-chain sleuth Zachxbt reported Oct. 7.
The breach occurred on Sept. 25, with the hacker stealing a total of 4,997 Ether (ETH) — valued at approximately $8 million as of press time.
The exchange sent the hacker the promised bounty of $400,000 with a message attached that began with:
“You have made the right choice.”
It is unclear whether the hacker, now turned white-hat, will also take up the job offered by the exchange as part of the bounty.
Hacker leaves a note
As part of the refund process, the hacker left a note urging HTX to modify its system hot wallet address and minimize the system hot wallet rate, attributing the breach to private key leakage.
The note read:
“Received your message. white hat bonus to 0x1Fc8…..3152B .your system hot wallet private key leak,
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