Harmony Offers $1M Bounty for Returning Stolen Funds from Recent Hack

Harmony Protocol is offering a $1 million reward for the return of $100 million in crypto stolen from the recent hack of its Ethereum-linked Horizon bridge as well as information on how the hack took place. Harmony also assured that no criminal charges would be pressed when the funds are returned. Harmony Offers $1M Bounty Reward On June 26, the team behind Harmony Protocol offered a $1 million bounty reward for the recovery of its stolen crypto from the hack of its Horizon bridge including information on how the exploit happened. We commit to a $1M bounty for the return of Horizon bridge funds and sharing exploit information. Contact us at [email protected] or ETH address 0xd6ddd996b2d5b7db22306654fd548ba2a58693ac. Harmony will advocate for no criminal charges when funds are returned. — Harmony 💙 (@harmonyprotocol) June 26, 2022 While the firm assured that no criminal charges would be pursued for returning the stolen funds, it previously stated that it had “begun working with national authorities and forensic specialists to identify the culprit and retrieve the stolen funds.” At the time of writing, the funds are still sitting in the hacker’s address which holds 85,867 ETH worth approximately $104.6 million. However, if the hacker uses crypto mixing services such as Tornado Cash, retrieving the stolen funds will be next to impossible. Harmony’s ONE Token Slumps Harmony is a layer-1 Proof-of-Stake blockchain. The platform’...