NEAR Intents Stolen 3800000 USD has been fully returned; investigation terminated
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NEAR Intents said the stolen 3800000 USD has been fully returned, and the team will cease its investigation.
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NEAR Intents Stolen 3800000 USD has been fully returned; investigation terminated.
PANews October 3 reported that NEAR Intents General Manager Alex Shevchenko posted on X that NEAR Intents previously stolen in an attack 3800000 USD has been fully returned. The team will cease its investigation and called on relevant parties to report issues through the bug bounty program in the future, rather than disrupt services. Previously,NEAR Intents said it had identified the entity behind the attack and gave it 48 hours to return the funds.
PANews October 3 reported on NEAR Intents the follow-up to the stolen-funds incident.
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NEAR Intents General Manager Alex Shevchenko posted on X that the stolen 3800000 USD has been fully returned.
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Alex Shevchenko said the team will cease its investigation.
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Alex Shevchenko called on relevant parties to report issues through the bug bounty program in the future, rather than disrupt services.
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NEAR Intents Previously, it said it had identified the entity behind the attack and gave it 48 hours to return the funds.
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This news item states that NEAR Intents the funds previously lost in the attack have been fully returned, so the team has decided not to continue its investigation. The team also hopes that anyone who discovers issues in the future will report them through the bug bounty program.
Why it matters to readers
Whether the funds have been fully returned and the investigation has been terminated determines the handling status of this security incident; the bug bounty program is the channel the team cited for reporting future issues.
Beginners should distinguish between “the funds have been returned” and “the vulnerability has been fixed”: the original text only explicitly mentions the former and the termination of the investigation, and does not state the cause of the attack, remediation status, or whether users need to take any action.
Risks and unknowns
The original text does not provide an on-chain transaction or other proof of the return of funds.
The news item relays Alex Shevchenko's statement on X through PANews and does not include the original post.
The original text does not explain the cause of the attack, the specific vulnerability, or the remediation status.
The original text does not identify the entity that was identified, nor does it state whether that entity was the party that returned the funds.
The original text only states “October 3”, without specifying the year.
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