Sentiment Hacker Returns 90% of Stolen Funds After Exploit

The hacker behind the Sentiment attack has returned 90% of all funds, the team announced on April 6. The Sentiment hacker had conducted the exploit on April 4, stealing an estimated amount of nearly $1 million.

The hacker used a reentrancy attack to siphon the funds. The team quickly responded, plugging a fix thanks to a third-party security auditor. The specific method was described as “used view re-entrance Balancer bug to execute malicious code before pool balances were updated and steal money using overpriced collateral.”

Read more about the case at BeInCrypto