U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Visit protocol from decentralized finance indicated that the United States Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies were investigating the hacking.
Siphoned off at the end of May, the liquidity protocol Jimbos lost more than 4000 ethers7.5 million at the time of the hack.
The team behind the DeFi project, which had offered to return the funds to the hacker in exchange for a bonus (10% of the stolen funds), announced on Wednesday that it was now working with New York unit from US Department of Homeland Security. She also alerted other law enforcement agencies in several jurisdictions.
We gave the pirate time to accept the bounty, but obviously he’s not interested, so we’re committed to doing what we said we would.” tweeted Jimbos.
The protocol specified that the New York branch of the DHS specialized in blockchain cybercrime investigations. “They are behind the search and arrest of many hackers. We don’t expect this case to be an exception to the rule.
The bounty – around $800,000 – is now being offered to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of the crook or the recovery of the funds.
In order to speed up the investigation and the return of the funds, we are offering the 10% bounty to the general public.”
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