zkLink announces fund recovery plan: attackers who return all funds may avoid further liability and retain 20%as a white-hat bounty
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zkLink has launched a fund recovery bounty for the security incident affecting zkLink Nova, with rewards of up to the recovered amount. 20%。
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zkLink announces fund recovery plan: attackers who return all funds may avoid further liability and retain 20%as a white-hat bounty
PANews October 31 reports that zkLink stated in a post that, in response to the recent security incident affecting zkLink Nova, the team is establishing a bounty program to facilitate the recovery of affected funds. Security researchers or white-hat contributors who provide information that materially helps recover funds may receive up to of the recovered amount as a reward; specific eligibility and amounts will be determined by zkLink based on the value of the information provided. 20%In addition, if the exploiter returns all funds, they may retain part of them 20%as a white-hat bounty. zkLink commits not to take further legal action regarding returned funds. Relevant communications may be conducted through zkLink's official X account or email.
zkLink stated that the team is establishing a bounty program in response to the recent security incident affecting zkLink Nova.
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Security researchers or white-hat contributors who provide information that materially assists in fund recovery may receive up to the recovered amount 20%as a reward.
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Specific eligibility and amounts for lead rewards will be determined by zkLink based on the value of the information provided.
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If the exploiter returns all funds, they may retain 20%as a white-hat bounty.
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zkLink commits not to take further legal action regarding the returned funds.
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Related communications may be conducted through zkLink's official X account or email.
AI-assisted interpretation
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zkLink aims to facilitate the return of affected funds by rewarding valid leads and allowing exploiters to retain part of the funds. Up to 20%is not available to every lead provider; final eligibility and amounts will be determined by zkLink.
Why it matters to readers
The plan provides a communication and incentive mechanism for fund recovery, but the original text does not state whether any funds have already been returned or disclose the actual amount recovered.
Beginners should distinguish between “announcing a recovery plan” and “funds having already been recovered”: current evidence confirms only the plan's contents and cannot establish that the losses have already been recouped.
Risks and unknowns
It remains unclear whether any affected funds have already been returned or recovered.
The cause of the security vulnerability, scope of losses, and amounts involved were not disclosed in the original text.
It has not been confirmed whether the exploiter will accept the plan.
The final reward eligibility and specific amount for lead providers remain uncertain.
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