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Transit Swap hacker returns 70% of $23M

A quick response from a number of blockchain security companies has helped facilitate the return of around 70% of the $23 million exploit of decentralized exchange aggregator Transit Swap.

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A quick response from a number of blockchain security companies has helped facilitate the return of around 70% of the $23 million exploit of decentralized exchange aggregator Transit Swap.

The DEX aggregator lost the funds after a hacker exploited an internal bug on a swap contract on Oct. 1, leading to a quick response from Transit Finance team along with security companies Peckshield, SlowMist, Bitrace and TokenPocket, who were able to quickly work out the hacker’s IP, email address and associated-on chain addresses.

It appears these efforts have already born fruit, as less than 24 hours after the hack, Transit Finance noted that with joint efforts of all parties the hacker has returned 70% of the stolen assets to two addresses, equating to roughly $16.2 million.

In the most recent update, Transit Finance stated that the project team is rushing to collect the specific data of the stolen users and formulate a specific return plan” but also remains focused on retrieving the final 30% of stolen funds.

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