Verus Bridge Exploiter Returns $8.5M, Keeps $2.8M as Bounty Reward

The exploiter who drained the Verus-Ethereum bridge of over $11 million has returned $8.5 million to the project’s team, while keeping $2.8 million as a white-hat bounty. This comes barely a day after the Verus community and its developers offered the reward in exchange for the hacker meeting a set of terms. Hacker Accepts $2.8 Million Bounty The incident took place on May 17, with the hacker taking advantage o…