Allbridge offers bounty to exploiter who stole $570K in flashloan attack
Allbridge offered a hacker who pilfered $573,000 from its platform a chance to come forward as a white hat and forgo any legal ramifications. The attacker behind a $573,000 exploit on the multi-chain token bridge, Allbridge, has been offered a chance by the firm to come forward as a white hat and claim a bounty. Blockchain security firm Peckshield first identified the attack on April 1, warning Allbridge in a tweet that its BNB Chain pools swap price was being manipulated by an individual acting as a liquidity provider and swapper, which allowed them to drain the pool of $282,889 in Binance USD (BUSD) and $290,868 worth of Tether (USDT). In an April 1 tweet following the hack, Allbridge offered an olive branch to the attacker in the form of an undisclosed bounty and the chance to escape any legal ramifications. To hacker's attention: addressing the incident and the next steps 1. We continue monitoring the wallets, transactions, and linked CEX accounts of individuals involved in t...