Governments may not want hacking victims to negotiate with threat actors or pay ransom, but the founder of a hacked crypto exchange is offering the hacker(s) a reward if they return what they stole. The Register reports:
The founder of the Poloniex has offered to pay off thieves who drained an estimated $120 million of user funds from the cryptocurrency exchange in a raid on Friday.
Justin Sun, who also founded the Tron Foundation currency system, offered a so-called “white hat bounty” to those who siphoned the exchange’s wallet dry, in return for the rest of the stolen funds being repaid. Otherwise the kid gloves come off.
“We are offering a five percent white hat bounty to the Poloniex hacker,” Sun wrote. “Please return the funds to the following ETH/TRX/BTC wallets. We will give you 7 days to consider this offer before we engage law enforcement.”
Read more at The Register.
