The Munchables Web3 project returned $97 million lost in the hack
On March 27, the Munchables team announced that the developer had agreed to return access to all withdrawn funds. According to the statement, he provided private keys to addresses that contained $62.5 million, 73 WETH and other assets.
Munchables gaming Web3 platform based on Ethereum, a second-level Blast solution, lost $97 million as a result of the exploit. The hacker returned the funds without any conditions.
$97m has been secured in a multisig by Blast core contributors. Took an incredible lift in the background but I’m grateful the ex munchables dev opted to return all funds in the end without any ransom required. @_munchables_ and protocols integrating with it like @juice_finance…
— Pacman | Blur + Blast (@PacmanBlur) March 27, 2024
On March 26, the team reported the incident. Munchables said they are monitoring the movement of funds and are trying to stop transactions.
Well-known online researcher ZachXBT pointed out the hacker's wallet, which held 17,400 ETH ($62.5 million). The expert suggested that the attacker is a developer from North Korea hired by the project. In this case, the programmer is represented by four different persons.
Four different devs hired by the Munchables team and linked to the exploiter are likely all the same person as they:
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) March 27, 2024
>recommended each other for the job
>regularly transferred payments to the same two exchange deposit addresses >funded each others wallets
Github Username… https://t.co/Q0scxp6AxK pic.twitter.com/Pjjo4uKXPE
On March 27, the Munchables team announced that the developer had agreed to return access to all withdrawn funds. According to the statement, he provided private keys to addresses that contained $62.5 million, 73 WETH and other assets.
According to the founder of the NFT marketplace Blur and the Blast project under the pseudonym Pacman, the network developers received all coins with a total value of $97 million to a multi-signature wallet. The hacker allegedly returned them without any reward.
Source: https://forklog.com/news/web3-proekt-munchables-vernul-poteryannye-pri-vzlome-97-mln
