April 19 (Cointime) - The attacker who drained $8.9 million in Binance Coin (BNB) from SafeMoon, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol operating on the BNB Chain, has consented to return 80% of the stolen assets.
On March 28, SafeMoon fell victim to a hack, leading to the loss of 27,000 BNB, valued at $8.9 million at that time. On March 29, the attacker claimed they had drained the funds accidentally.
On April 18, at 1:19 p.m. UTC, the SafeMoon Deployer account posted a transaction to the BNB network with the attacker’s address as the recipient. The transaction contained a coded message in 8-bit Unicode Transformation Format (UTF-8) that stated the following:
“SafeMoon has reached an agreement with the party currently holding the funds. Specifically, SafeMoon has agreed to accept 80 percent of the amount returned, with the other party retaining the balance as a bounty. SafeMoon has further agreed not to file any legal actions against them. After careful consideration of the circumstances, it is believed this is in the best interest of SafeMoon and the community.”
Breaking News: #SafeMoon has struck a deal with the “hacker”
— SafeMoonSpidey.sfm ⎷ (@SafeMoonSpidey) April 18, 2023
80% LP return imminent.
20% bounty for “hacker”
And no charges pressed
Now, back to your regularly scheduled program. 🔥🚀 pic.twitter.com/x94fSb4EoP
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