{"id":321241,"date":"2021-08-11T06:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T03:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/crypto-poly-network-pleads-for-hackers-to-return-assets-after-611-million-crypto-heist\/"},"modified":"2021-08-11T06:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T03:02:00","slug":"crypto-poly-network-pleads-for-hackers-to-return-assets-after-611-million-crypto-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crypto-poly-network-pleads-for-hackers-to-return-assets-after-611-million-crypto-heist\/","title":{"rendered":"#Crypto: Poly Network pleads for hackers to return assets after $611 million crypto heist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26ec9197e03\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span 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itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hack_of_DeFi_platform_could_be_one_of_the_largest_crypto_heists_ever\"><\/span>\n  Hack of DeFi platform could be one of the largest crypto heists ever<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000370926\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" 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letter<\/a> from Poly Network read. \u201cThe amount of money you have hacked is one of the biggest in defi history. Law enforcement in any country will regard this as a major economic crime and you will be pursued. \u2026 The money you stole are from tens of thousands of crypto community members, hence the people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       \u201cYou should talk to us to work out a solution,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetTweet\n            inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolyNetwork2\/status\/1425123153009803267\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Poly Network is a decentralized-finance (DeFi) platform that operates on the Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum and Polygon blockchains.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolyNetwork2\/status\/1425130017546149891\" class=\"icon none\">It said Tuesday<\/a> that a preliminary investigation found a vulnerability between contract calls, and denied rumors that the exploit was caused by a single keeper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also read: <\/strong>DeFi could revolutionize finance. Can regulators do anything about it?<\/p>\n<p>Poly Network said its team <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PolyNetwork2\/status\/1425097156608802832\" class=\"icon none\">traced the stolen assets to three addresses<\/a>, and asked token issuers to blacklist tokens coming from those addresses.<\/p>\n<p>Tether Chief <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology<\/a> Officer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paoloardoino\/status\/1425090760609832978\" class=\"icon none\">Paolo Ardoino tweeted<\/a> that the stablecoin company froze $33 million worth of its tokens that were taken in the hack.<\/p>\n<p>The heist, estimated at about $611 million in various crypto assets, including hundreds of millions of dollars\u2019 worth of Ether<br \/>\n        ETHUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/108573964\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-0.22%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and Binance coins, would rank as among the largest in crypto history. <\/p>\n<p>Last week, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler called for new regulations on cryptocurrency and DeFi, warning that the digital-asset class is \u201crife with fraud, scams and abuses.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Mike Murphy\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/mike-murphy\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"twitter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mmmmurf\",\"text\":\"@mmmmurf\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"mailto:mmurphy@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"mmurphy@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mike_Murphy\"><\/span>Mike Murphy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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