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The hacker who stole $68 million worth of cryptocurrency has offered to return the assets via social media platform Telegram. 
Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT <a href="https://t.me/investigations/118" target="_blank" rel="">reported</a> that the hacker believed to be behind the attack and the theft of $68 million in assets has decided to return the money to the victim. 
The attacker left a message in the <a href="https://etherscan.io/idm?addresses=0x1E227979f0b5BC691a70DEAed2e0F39a6F538FD5,0x20cBf5c444D4F07F4Cb5C37585e59F4aC1b472F1,0xcf049aa810caE4c402908E77Bbf14710673CdA6D&amp;type=1" target="_blank" rel="">Etherscan.io</a> chat and asked for the victim’s Telegram to return 51 Ethereum (<a href="https://crypto.news/tag/Ethereum/" target="_blank" rel="">ETH</a>). 
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At the time of writing, the victim had not responded to the hacker. It is also unknown why the hacker has offered to return the stolen assets a week after the theft. 
An unknown user <a href="https://crypto.news/crypto-user-loses-69-3m-to-address-poisoning-scammer/" target="_blank" rel="">lost</a> $68 million in cryptocurrency earlier this month due to inattention and an attack through spam transactions. The victim was duped into sending scammers 1,155 WBTC worth more than $68 million, becoming the victim of a spam attack. 
In this case, the spam attack type is also called a poisoning or dust attack. Small amounts of cryptocurrency are sent to a target’s wallet from addresses just a few characters different from the address the victim regularly transfers to. 
Despite the significant theft, crypto project losses from hacks have <a href="https://crypto.news/certik-damage-from-hacks-scams-reaches-lowest-level-since-2021/" target="_blank" rel="">dropped</a> by 141% within the last month, according to <a href="https://crypto.news/tag/CertiK/" target="_blank" rel="">CertiK</a>. The declared amount stemming from crypto hacks totaled $21 million. Crypto projects also lost $4.3 million due to exit scams and $129,000 due to flash loan fraud. 
Since the beginning of 2024, crypto projects have lost $449 million. The largest attack remains the hacking of the Orbit Bridge, which cost its victims $81.5 million. 
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Scammer seeks victim’s Telegram to return stolen $68m

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