{"id":22690,"date":"2025-04-18T10:16:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=22690"},"modified":"2025-04-18T10:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T10:16:51","slug":"kiloex-exchange-exploiter-returns-5-5m-days-after-7-5m-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=22690","title":{"rendered":"KiloEX exchange exploiter returns $5.5M days after $7.5M hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDIvMDE5NTBkMjEtZDlkYy03N2NmLTllMjItYTIwMmViNTM5ODZh.jpg\"><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDIvMDE5NTBkMjEtZDlkYy03N2NmLTllMjItYTIwMmViNTM5ODZh.jpg\" alt=\"KiloEX exchange exploiter returns $5.5M days after $7.5M hack\"><\/p>\n<p>The hacker behind the $7.5 million KiloEx exploit returned $5.5 million worth of cryptocurrency four days after the attack.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/learn\/articles\/centralized-vs-decentralized-crypto-exchanges\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">Decentralized exchange (DEX)<\/a> KiloEx suspended platform operations after suffering a <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/kiloex-exploited-attacker-used-price-oracle-7-5-million\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">$7.5 million exploit<\/a>, Cointelegraph reported on April 15.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising turn of events, the wallet address behind the exploit has returned $5.5 million worth of cryptocurrency to the DEX.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-04\/01964854-6a05-72a4-941d-6023255e4349\" title=\"\" alt=\"KiloEX exchange exploiter returns $5.5M days after $7.5M hack\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>KiloEX exploiter returns $5.5m. Source: <\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1913164521856029055\/photo\/1\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1913164521856029055\/photo\/1\"><em>PeckShieldAlert<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201c#KiloEx exploiter -labeled addresses have returned ~$5.5M worth of cryptos to #KiloEx,\u201d <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1913164521856029055\/photo\/1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" text=\"null\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1913164521856029055\/photo\/1\">according<\/a> to an April 18 X post from blockchain security platform PeckShieldAlert.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/mantra-om-crash-critical-liquidity-concentration-issues\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Mantra OM token crash exposes \u2018critical\u2019 liquidity issues in crypto<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The unexpected repayment occurred after KiloEx offered the hacker a $750,000 \u201cwhite hat\u201d bounty \u2014 10% of the stolen amount \u2014 if they returned 90% of the looted assets.<\/p>\n<p>The platform said it was working with law enforcement and cybersecurity <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethical-hackers-alliance-crypto-hack-protection\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">firms, including Seal-911<\/a>, SlowMist and Sherlock, to uncover more about the hacker\u2019s activity and identity.<\/p>\n<p>The initial attack may have been caused due to a \u201cprice oracle issue,\u201d where the information used by a smart contract to determine the price of an <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/rho-markets-exploited-76m-oracle-vulnerability\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">asset is manipulated or inaccurate<\/a>, leading to the exploit, PeckShield <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/peckshield\/status\/1911898560888524962\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">said<\/a> in an April 14 X post.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/top-100-de-fi-hacks-offchain-attack-vectors-account-for-57-of-losses\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Top 100 DeFi Hacks: Offchain attack vectors account for 57% of losses<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content__disclaimer\" type=\"\">This is a developing story, and further information will be added as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"defi_newsletter\" label=\"Subscription Form: DeFi Newsletter\"><\/template>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hacker behind the $7.5 million KiloEx exploit returned $5.5 million worth of cryptocurrency four days after the attack. Decentralized exchange (DEX) KiloEx suspended platform operations after suffering a $7.5 million exploit, Cointelegraph reported on April 15. In a surprising turn of events, the wallet address behind the exploit has returned $5.5 million worth of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-22690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}