All assets returned
Poly Network offers hacker $ 500,000
While Mr . Whitehat assures Poly Network of his intentions to return all the stolen assets , the crypto exchange still offers a $ 500,000 ‘ bug ’ bounty for the return of the assets , but the next day , he publicly turns the offer down .
August 13th
Hacker offered job at Poly Network
Could this story get any weirder ? As Poly Network attempts to recover the last $ 200mn of stolen assets , it offers Mr Whitehat a job at the company , as its chief security advisor .
August 17th
All funds are duly returned to Poly Network by the hacker - or hackers . According to Mr . Whitehat , the intention had always been to return the stolen cryptocurrency after highlighting security vulnerabilities . He said in an interview over social media during the event , “ That was always the plan ! I know it hurts people when they are attacked , but shouldn ’ t they learn something from it ?” He added , “ I didn ’ t want to cause real panic in the crypto world . I took important tokens and didn ’ t sell any of them .”
August 23rd