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Hundred Finance Takes Action to Bring Hacker to Justice After $7 Million Exploit on Optimism Layer-2 Scaling Solution

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April 20 (Cointime) - Hundred Finance, a multi-chain lending protocol using veHND model, stated that since attacker of the recent $7 million explot has refused their offer, they are taking actions to identify and bring him to justice.

On April 16, Cointime reported hat Hundred Finance has experienced a significant security breach on the Optimism layer-2 scaling solution, resulting in an estimated loss of around $7 million. 

Hundred Finance also reminded everyone about the $500k bounty in place for information leading to the attacker's arrest and the return of all funds. Anyone with information is urged to contact them on Discord or via email.

The firm is also cooperating with several victims and engaging law enforcement in multiple jurisdictions. The protocol has onboarded security teams with expertise in these types of cases to support their efforts. Additionally, some well-connected users who have lost significant amounts of money due to the hack have started their own investigations and are requesting information from Hundred Finance.

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2/5 If you have any information, please contact us on Discord or by sending an email to [email protected] In cooperation with several victims, we are now contacting and engaging law enforcement in multiple jurisdictions.

3/5 Several well-connected users who have lost significant amounts of money due to the hack have started their own "investigations". They are requesting we share information we have gathered on the attacker with them.

4/5 We are in contact with and onboarding security teams with expertise in these particular cases to support our efforts. cc: @zachxbt@chainalysis@cryptogle@coffeebreak_YT@samczsun@officer_cia@hudsonjameson

5/5 Thank you to everyone who has reached out and provided valuable information to date.

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