Hacker steals 5 million USD ZK tokens from Zksync and has returned most of the stolen tokens, receiving 10% as a reward after cooperating with Zksync.
Zksync organization just confirmed that the to cooperate and ofZK tokens, just three days after the project proposed a reward mechanism to encourageivasset return. The initial incident involved an involved an access admin account being hacked, leading to 5 million USD of unclaimed ZK tokens being stolen.
According to the announcement from the ZKSZK on April 21, tokens transferred to addresses on Zksync Era and Ethereum within 72 hours will not be transaction filtered. Zksync organization committed to publicly confirming the results, acknowledging the hacker's cooperation and closing the case without further legal action if conditions are met.
Management community will decide the fate of returned assets
Zksync organization announced on X platform that they are waiting for a management mechanism decision how to handle the returned the "currently by the Security Council, and the decision on how to process will be made by the management community. The final investigation report is being completed and will be and after completion.
The hacker's cooperation andate and assets is a positive example in the crypto industry, where digital asset attacks and thefts are becoming increasingly common.
