{"id":565426,"date":"2023-03-18T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/euler-finance-hacker-starts-returning-stolen-ether\/"},"modified":"2023-03-18T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T09:04:00","slug":"euler-finance-hacker-starts-returning-stolen-ether","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/euler-finance-hacker-starts-returning-stolen-ether\/","title":{"rendered":"# Euler Finance hacker starts returning stolen Ether"},"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-6a222c2ce676c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a222c2ce676c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/euler-finance-hacker-starts-returning-stolen-ether\/#%E2%80%9D_Euler_Finance_hacker_starts_returning_stolen_Ether_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Euler Finance hacker starts returning stolen Ether &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Euler_Finance_hacker_starts_returning_stolen_Ether_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Euler Finance hacker starts returning stolen Ether &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMtMDMvMDRhMjNhMWMtYmIwZC00ZGY4LWE0MzktYmNmYjNjZjU0OTRlLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-48054ca8>The recent attack that drained $197 million from Euler Finance was dubbed the biggest decentralized finance (DeFi) hack of 2023 so far. However, this may not hold for much longer as the hacker reportedly had a change of heart.<\/p>\n<p>On March 18, roughly 3,000 Ether (ETH) ($5.4 million) were returned to Euler Finance\u2019s deployer address from the Euler Finance hacker\u2019s address. Blockchain investigator PeckShield identified three transactions that were used to send the funds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4OBksAu9od\">https:\/\/t.co\/4OBksAu9od<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zb3MIyex2f\">pic.twitter.com\/Zb3MIyex2f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PeckShield Inc. (@peckshield) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peckshield\/status\/1636985705858764800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Cointelegraph confirmed that the hacker transferred 1,000 ETH per transaction to Euler\u2019s deployer account. However, chances that the hacker will return the entire loot of $197 million remain slim, as no more outbound transactions were recorded at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>On March 16, Euler Finance announced a $1 million reward to track down the hacker and retrieve the funds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today the Euler Foundation is launching a $1M reward in the hope that this provides additional incentive for information that leads to the Euler protocol attacker\u2019s arrest and the return of all funds extracted by the attacker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Euler Labs (@eulerfinance) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eulerfinance\/status\/1636126837423366145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The exploiter was able to drain $197 million through multiple transactions and later used a multichain bridge to transfer the funds from the BNB Chain to Ethereum.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Euler Finance hacked despite 10 audits in 2 years, says CEO<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soon after a $1 million bounty was announced, the stolen funds were moved into the crypto mixer Tornado Cash. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeckShieldAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PeckShieldAlert<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eulerfinance?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eulerfinance<\/a> exploiter on the move<br \/>~1,000 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$ETH<\/a> into Tornado Cash through inter<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>ry address 0xc66d&#8230;c9a<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LAkY66YpoF\">https:\/\/t.co\/LAkY66YpoF<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0XhQV1nbgn\">pic.twitter.com\/0XhQV1nbgn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1636181545345228800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Euler Finance demanded that the hacker return 90% of the funds within 24 hours to avoid possible jail time.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\"><\/template><\/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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However, this may not hold for much longer as the hacker reportedly had a change of heart. On March 18, roughly 3,000 Ether (ETH)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":565427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-03\/04a23a1c-bb0d-4df8-a439-bcfb3cf5494e.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74868,74891,74882,74880,70944,73157],"class_list":["post-565426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-defi","tag-ethereum","tag-hacks","tag-transactions","tag-hackers","tag-investigation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}