Verus Bridge Exploiter Returns $8.5M, Keeps $2.8M as Bounty Reward
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The exploiter who drained the Verus-Ethereum bridge of over $11 million returned $8.5 million to the project team while keeping $2.8 million as a white-hat bounty. The return came barely a day after the Verus community offered the reward for meeting terms, a recovery that limits financial damage and is positive for crypto adoption and DeFi confidence but still highlights bridge security risks.
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The exploiter who drained the Verus-Ethereum bridge of over $11 million has returned $8.5 million to the project’s team, while keeping $2.8 million as a white-hat bounty.
This comes barely a day after the Verus community and its developers offered the reward in exchange for the hacker meeting a set of terms.
