Finally, the attack that shocked the cryptocurrency world has a happy ending for all parties.
The crypto world has just had a tumultuous time in the past few days, when Poly Network, a DeFi (Decentralized Finance) protocol, was attacked by hackers and took away a huge amount of digital money amounting to more than 600 million USD. To date, this is the most damaging attack in the history of world cryptocurrencies.
But in the end this attack had a happy ending when this "White Hat" hacker - or WhiteHat - just wanted to warn the company about serious vulnerabilities in their systems without letting anyone else. – including company employees – know about it. With a vulnerability that allows attackers to steal billions of dollars in cryptocurrencies in blockchains linked to Poly Network, it's hard to believe that someone wouldn't be greedy for such a massive fortune.
Therefore, this WhiteHat hacker transferred more than 600 million USD of this cryptocurrency out of Poly Network's system. Both to warn about this vulnerability for the company, and to ensure the safety of this digital vault before some more greedy hacker discovers and takes over it.
Proof of his noble action is that this hacker in turn returns the entire stolen cryptocurrency.
On the Poly Network side, instead of seeking to retaliate, holding this White Hat hacker legally responsible for the above attack, they also sincerely thank this character for his outstanding contribution to system safety. mine.
A bounty of $500,000 for discovering the vulnerability has been sent to this White Hat hacker. Besides, Poly Network also posted a tweet, sincerely inviting this person to work for them as the Chief Cybersecurity Advisor for the company.
More respectfully, this hacker also later announced his refusal to accept this $500,000 bonus and said he intends to give it to the tech community, who have contributed to blockchain security.
In the end, the attack that shocked the cryptocurrency world had a win-win for both the attacker and the attacked party, without having to resort to legal procedures to resolve.

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