Hackers Return Nearly Half Of $600 Million Stolen In Biggest Crypto Heist

Poly Network fired off a tweet saying it had received about $4.8 million worth of the stolen assets back, hoping for more from the online heist potentially valued at more than $600 million.

A firm specializing in transferring cryptocurrency said Wednesday that hackers have sent back a portion of the digital loot from a record haul. Poly Network fired off a tweet saying it had received about $4.8 million worth of the stolen assets back, hoping for more from the online heist potentially valued at more than $600 million. Poly Network had put out a plea for the stolen Ethereum, BinanceChain and OxPolygon tokens to be shunned by traders running "wallets" for storing cryptocurrency. "The amount of money you hacked is the biggest one in the defi history," Poly Network said Tuesday in a tweeted message to the thieves, using a reference to decentralized finance involving cryptocurrency.