Ankr Protocol (ANKR) revealed {that a} former workforce member carried out the Dec. 2 hack that led to a lack of round $5 million, in response to a Dec. 20 assertion.
Ankr wrote that the previous workforce member carried out the hack by utilizing malicious code that compromised its non-public key when a reliable replace was made.
The hacker exploited a bug in Ankr Protocol’s code to mint six quadrillion aBNBc tokens and transformed a part of it into $5 million USDC — Binance seized $3 million of the transformed stolen funds. Blockchain analytical corporations mentioned on the time {that a} non-public key compromise triggered the hack.
Ankr mentioned it has reported the previous workforce member to legislation enforcement companies and added:
“[We are] shoring up inside HR processes and security measures to strengthen our safety posture going ahead.”
In the meantime, all Ankr workers will now be subjected to background checks, and entry to delicate techniques will likely be restricted. Moreover, Ankr mentioned it’ll implement multi-sig authentication for updates to stop a recurrence of such hacks.
Ankr reimbursed affected events
Ankr mentioned it took measures to compensate customers, liquidity suppliers, and lenders affected by the exploit.
In response to the agency, it created a brand new ankrBNB token that was later airdropped to affected holders. It added that it was working to repair the harm to Helio (aBNBc borrowing platform) by re-stabilizing the worth of the HAY stablecoin.
Following the exploit, HAY stablecoin depegged as a result of a dealer profited $15 million from the state of affairs. The dealer borrowed round $16 million HAY stablecoin from its pool towards 10 BNB as a result of the platform had did not replace the worth of Ankr-related tokens.
Ankr mentioned it would proceed buying the HAY stablecoin till it returns to peg. As of press time, the stablecoin was buying and selling for $0.998143.
