So, a hacker managed to steal around $20 million from a US government wallet on October 24, but in less than 24 hours, he had already returned $19.3 million! 🤑 The stolen money came from the 2016 Bitfinex hack and has been seized by the government. According to Arkham Intelligence, the hacker transferred the funds back to a government wallet with the prefix “0xc9E.” Now, around 88% of the stolen funds have been returned.

According to on-chain data, the hacker returned around 2,412 Ether (ETH), 7,200 Circle-USD (USDC), and $13.2 million in Aave-staked USDC (aUSDC). 💸 However, there is a note from blockchain investigator ZackXBT that the hacker did not return around $700,000 that was transferred to the instant exchange. The identity of the hacker and the motive behind the attack are still a mystery.

This incident adds to the list of cyberattacks that are currently rampant in the cryptocurrency world, especially in the third quarter of 2024. In mid-October, Radiant Capital, a cross-chain lending protocol, fell victim to a $50 million exploit. 😱 Hackers managed to access the private keys of the protocol's multisignature wallet and transferred $52 million to the Ethereum network, complicating recovery efforts.

In addition, on October 17, decentralized trading platform Ambient Finance was also attacked on its website. Hackers briefly compromised the website's domain, but fortunately the attack did not affect its protocol. Ambient Finance quickly took over and restored the website's functionality. 🔒

A similar case also happened to restaking service Eigenlayer on October 18, where hackers managed to access its social media accounts to spread fake airdrop links. The malicious link was quickly deleted, and the account was back to normal. So, the crypto world is indeed vulnerable to attacks, and everyone should be more careful! ⚠️ $BTC #CryptoExplorerFiesta #Security #hacker #bitcoin