Euler Finance hacker returns tokens price $5.4 million

• Euler Finance hacker who earlier stole $197 million returned about 3,000 Ethereum tokens price $5.4 million.
• Nonetheless, the probabilities of the hacker returning the complete $197 million loot stay slim.

The hacker who stole $197 million from Ethereum-based noncustodial lending protocol Euler Finance has returned roughly 3,000 Ether price $5.4 million. The belongings have been transferred from the hacker’s deal with to Euler Finance’s deployer deal with on 18 March.

PeckShield, a blockchain investigator, recognized three transactions that have been used to maneuver the funds and shared the small print on Twitter.

The latest assault on Euler Finance, which stole $197 million, has been dubbed the most important decentralized finance (DeFi) hack of 2023 up to now.

Nonetheless, this will not final lengthy as a result of the hacker reportedly modified his thoughts. The hacker was capable of drain all of the belongings by means of a number of transactions earlier than transferring the funds from the BNB Chain to Ethereum by way of a multichain bridge.

Who’s behind the assault?

The crypto analytic agency Meta Sleuth linked the assault to a deflation assault from a month in the past. The hacker launched the assault by transferring funds from the BNB Sensible Chain (BSC) to Ethereum by way of a multi-chain bridge.

On-chain safety knowledgeable, ZachXBT, had pointed out that the fund motion from Euler Finance and the character of the assault seem like similar to blackhats who exploited a BSC-based platform in February. The funds have been transferred to Twister Money after a protocol on BSC was exploited beforehand.

There have been rumors that the North Korea-based Lazarus group was behind the hack as the character of stealth was strikingly comparable.

Two days in the past, Euler Finance announced a $1 million reward for capturing the hacker and returning the funds. The hacker transferred the stolen funds to the cryptocurrency mixer Twister Money shortly after the protocol introduced the bounty.

To keep away from jail time, Euler Finance demanded that the hacker ought to return 90% of the funds inside 24 hours.

Nonetheless, probabilities of the hacker returning the complete loot stay slim as no additional outbound transactions have been recorded up to now.