Hacker vs Hacker: North Koreans Attempt to Phish Euler Exploiter of $200M in Crypto, Experts Say
The Ronin hackers’ overtures may be a thinly veiled attempt to trick the Euler hacker into surrendering the private key – and thus the crypto – they stole from Euler Finance, said Hudson Jameson, a former developer at the Ethereum Foundation. But he said the motives behind the on-chain messages remain unclear.
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