Drift Protocol identifies four wallets holding stolen funds from recent exploit and initiates contact via on-chain message.
Security & Exploits ·
Drift Protocol has identified four wallets containing funds taken in a recent exploit and sent an on-chain message attempting to initiate contact with the holders. The message, transmitted on Ethereum mainnet, named four wallet addresses and signaled the protocol's readiness to negotiate, directing the fund holders to reach out through Blockscan chat.
The on-chain communication represents a direct approach to recovering stolen assets without intermediaries. Drift indicated it had completed identification of "parties related to the exploit" and framed the message as part of a broader recovery effort, though specifics about the exploit's timing, scale, or technical vector were not disclosed in the protocol's statement.
Drift committed to sharing additional updates once third-party attribution work concludes, but has not yet detailed what those attributions entail or provided a timeline. Whether the wallet holders will respond to the on-chain outreach, or whether recovery negotiations have begun, remains unclear.