Hacker who stole $610 million in cryptocurrency from PolyNetwork offered job by same platform

Almost about a week after a hacker stole $610 million from PolyNetwork in what was tipped to be the biggest hack in the DeFi or decentralised finance space till now, the attacker has now been offered a job by the same platform.

Almost about a week after a hacker stole $610 million from PolyNetwork in what was tipped to be the biggest hack in the DeFi or decentralised finance space till now, the attacker has now been offered a job by the same platform. The hacker had claimed that his attack on the token swapping platform was an act of ‘hacking for good’ to ‘save the project’. He had also started returning the money soon after, with claims of returning the entire amount eventuallu. PolyNetwork, which had earlier issued a statement, confirming the hack has now praised the hacker and dubbed him as ‘Mr White Hat’ This is a term used to describe ethical hackers who find vulnerabilities in computer networks and alert companies and organisations to fix them.