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ImmuneFi Launches Whitehat Leaderboard to Incentivize Web3 Hackers
Bug bounty platform ImmuneFi now has a Leaderboard to rank the tip whitehats in Web3
Whitehat Hacker Receives the Largest Bounty for Identifying Exploits in Polygon's Codes
A Whitehat hacker, Gerhard Wagner, has received the largest bug bounty in history after he discovered a vulnerability in Polygon’s plasma bridge.
ApeCoin DAO Signs Off on a $4.4M Bug Bounty
ApeCoin DAO has agreed to launch a $4.4M bug bounty on ImmuneFi
HTX Hacker Returns Stolen Ether, Rewarded with Bounty
The hacker who stole 5,000 Ether from Huobi Global's exchange HTX returned the funds on October 7, following a bounty offer from HTX. The exchange had offered a 5% bounty of the stolen funds if returned by an October 2 deadline. Upon the return of the stolen funds, the hacker was rewarded with a 250 ETH bounty, valued at approximately $410,000. The return of the funds and the bounty payout was publicly acknowledged by HTX adviser Justin Sun.
Wormhole DeFi Bridge Rewards $10m Bug Bounty
WormHole, a DeFi-based bridge protocol has paid out $10 million in Whitehat bounty for discovering cybersecurity loophole in its protocol, preventing the potential breach from hackers.
BNB Chain Dominates Q1 2023 Rug Pull Scams
According to a report by blockchain security firm Immunefi, BNB Chain saw 73.3% of all rug pull scams in the crypto ecosystem during Q1 2023. The report also revealed that BNB Chain and Ethereum were the two largest targets for hackers and scammers, with 68.8% of total losses from these networks combined.