{"id":82668,"date":"2023-08-05T13:55:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T10:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=82668"},"modified":"2025-09-12T06:27:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T03:27:51","slug":"curve-hacking-hacker-returns-part-of-stolen-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/curve-hacking-hacker-returns-part-of-stolen-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"Curve-hacking hacker returns part of stolen assets"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unknown hacker, who attacked the DEX<\/a> Curve Finance, has begun returning funds. At the time of writing, he had sent back assets worth more than $20 million.<\/p>\n

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Data: Twitter<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In a message regarding the transaction<\/a>, the hacker explained that his decision was not fear of being caught, but a reluctance to ruin the project.<\/p>\n

\\n\\”Perhaps this is a lot of money for many people, but not for me. I am smarter than all of you,\\” he wrote.<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The JPEG\u2019d project also confirmed the return of 5,494 WETH (more than $10 million). The hacker received the promised 10% reward of 610.6 WETH ($1.1 million).<\/p>\n

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Data: Twitter<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On July 30, an unknown attacker<\/a> attacked Curve Finance’s stablecoin pools, using a vulnerability in the Vyper code. Initially, total losses from the hack were estimated at $47 million. According to Defi Llama<\/a>, the amount rose to $61.7 million.<\/p>\n

The incident affected projects Alchemix, JPEG\u2019d, MetronomeDAO, Ellipsis and deBridge. Because of the bug, more than 450 pools were at risk.<\/p>\n

In the days following the hack, the CRV token fell by around 30%, dropping to $0.50. Since then, the asset has begun to recover \u2014 at the time of writing, CRV trades around $0.63.<\/p>\n

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Hourly CRV\/USDT chart on Binance. Data: TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Earlier, Tron<\/a> co-founder Justin Sun and Huobi co-founder Jun Du purchased 5 million CRV<\/a> and 10 million CRV<\/a> respectively from Curve Finance founder Mikhail Yegorov at a price below market \u2014 $0.40 per token.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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