The hacker, who exploited the Ethereum-based ZKsync blockchain for $5 million, has returned the funds as part of a bounty deal. Under the terms of the agreement, they were required to return the stolen funds within 72 hours and would not be pursued as hackers, but instead would be rewarded as bounty hunters. The ZKsync team said they were happy to announce that the hacker had cooperated and returned the funds within the allotted time frame. ZKsync was able to recover, through their negotiation efforts, 44.6 million ZK tokens and 1,800 ETH tokens. The ZKsync Security Council is responsible for the recovered tokens.
ZKsync, not long after ...