{"id":127460,"date":"2025-04-18T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127460"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:16:15","slug":"kiloex-exchange-exploiter-returns-5-5m-days-after-7-5m-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=127460","title":{"rendered":"KiloEX exchange exploiter returns $5.5M days after $7.5M hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe hacker behind the $7.5 million KiloEx exploit returned $5.5 million worth of cryptocurrency just four days after the attack occurred.<br \/>\nDecentralized exchange (DEX) KiloEx suspended platform operations after suffering a $7.5 million exploit, Cointelegraph reported on April 15.<br \/>\nIn a surprising turn of events, the wallet address behind the exploit has returned $5.5 million worth of cryptocurrency to the DEX.\u00a0<br \/>\nKiloEX exploiter returns $5.5m. Source: PeckShieldAlert\u201c#KiloEx exploiter -labeled addresses have returned ~$5.5M worth of cryptos to #KiloEx,\u201d according to an April 18 X post from blockchain security platform PeckShieldAlert.<br \/>\nRelated: Mantra OM token crash exposes \u2018critical\u2019 liquidity issues in crypto<br \/>\nThe unexpected repayment occurred after KiloEx offered a $750,000 \u201cwhite hat\u201d bounty to the hacker \u2014 10% of the stolen amount \u2014 if the hacker returned 90% of the looted assets.<br \/>\nThe platform said it was working with law enforcement and cybersecurity firms, including Seal-911, SlowMist and Sherlock, to uncover more about the hacker\u2019s activity and identity.<br \/>\nThe initial attack may have been caused due to a \u201cprice oracle issue,\u201d where the information used by a smart contract to determine the price of an asset is manipulated or inaccurate, leading to the exploit, PeckShield said in an April 14 X post.<br \/>\nRelated: Top 100 DeFi Hacks: Offchain attack vectors account for 57% of losses<br \/>\nThis is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/kiloex-exploiter-returns-5-5-m-7-5-m-dex-exploit?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsThe hacker behind the $7.5 million KiloEx exploit returned $5.5 million worth of cryptocurrency just four days after the attack occurred. Decentralized exchange (DEX) KiloEx suspended platform operations&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127460"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127460\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}