Hackers who stole $611 million in cryptocurrency are now returning the loot

Poly Network, the decentralised finance platform that suffered the breach just a day before, warned the hackers to surrender or they will be pursued by law enforcement in every country in the world.

One of the biggest cryptocurrency thefts ever has just had a pleasant twist to the story. Hackers who stole over $600 million in various cryptocurrencies have now started to return the loot. A total of $260 million has already been transferred back. The change of heart comes within a day of the heist. On Wednesday, blockchain-handling platform Poly Network confirmed that hackers had stolen an amount of money that is “the biggest one in the defi [decentralised finance] history.” The acknowledgement note was more like a warning, though, urging the hackers to return the stolen amount.