As reported by CNBC, more than $600 million was stolen in what is likely to be one of the biggest cryptocurrency thefts ever. Hackers exploited a vulnerability in Poly Network, a platform that looks to connect different blockchains so that they can work together. In a strange turn of events Wednesday, the hackers began returning some of the funds they stole.
The crypto ended up in these two wallets:
ETH: 0xC8a65Fadf0e0dDAf421F28FEAb69Bf6E2E589963
BSC: 0x0D6e286A7cfD25E0c01fEe9756765D8033B32C71
Why does it matter? While the wallets are anonymous, the crypto in them is now forever tainted. Any coin in those wallets will forever and immutably be tied to the hack. So, for all intents and purposes, the money is useless.
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