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<h2 id="token-migration-and-1-1-airdrop">Token Migration and 1:1 Airdrop</h2>
<p>Humanity Protocol has announced a full token migration and recovery plan following the $36 million exploit that hit its H token ecosystem on June 8, 2026. The project confirmed plans to replace the affected token with a newly audited ERC-20 asset and compensate eligible holders through a 1:1 airdrop. The former H token on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Humanity Mainnet has been sunsetted and replaced with a newly audited ERC-20 contract deployed on Ethereum.</p>
<p>The protocol took snapshots of holder balances just before the attack, at June 8, 2026, at 17:25:35 UTC, with snapshot block heights of 25,274,179 on Ethereum, 103,071,069 on BSC, and 24,247,803 on Humanity Mainnet. The new Ethereum contract address is 0xE76c5b78f93909d34404E9eb4C1f19e7582a5dE1. Eligible externally owned accounts will receive the new tokens directly, while holdings in liquidity pools or smart contracts will be routed through a dedicated vault.</p>
<p>Addresses linked to the attacker and related entities, identified during an investigation conducted by security firm Quantstamp, have been excluded from the redistribution process. To address situations that cannot be resolved through the automated distribution process, Humanity Protocol has established a dedicated H Compensation Fund, which will support users affected by third-party protocol integrations, decentralised liquidity pool exposure, and investors who purchased H tokens after the snapshot date but continue to hold them.</p>
<h2 id="how-the-exploit-unfolded">How the Exploit Unfolded</h2>
<p>Humanity Protocol confirmed that the June 8 attack resulted from a compromised developer machine infected with malware. The attacker gained root access and obtained seven private keys that had been unintentionally backed up to the device during the project's mainnet launch, including the admin hot wallet key and six Safe owner keys across Ethereum and BNB Chain. The incident was not caused by a smart contract vulnerability. Instead, the attacker used legitimate private keys to authorise transactions, highlighting operational security risks rather than flaws in the protocol's code.</p>
<p>The project's post-mortem placed the total unique impact at approximately 447 million H tokens stolen or unauthorisedly minted. The attack involved compromised private keys and multisig owners tied to bridge administration systems, with around 141 million H drained on Ethereum after attackers upgraded a bridge contract to a malicious implementation. On BNB Smart Chain, attackers gained ProxyAdmin control and minted unauthorised H.</p>
<p>The H token was down roughly 27% on Monday to around $0.22, per CoinGecko, and had lost about 73% from its June 2 all-time high of $0.84. Looking ahead, Humanity Protocol plans to relaunch Humanity Mainnet in the coming weeks, with the new H token serving as the native gas token, while the project coordinates with centralised exchanges, bridge providers, and liquidity partners on the migration timeline. The project warned holders to avoid fake airdrop or claim links, stating official communications will only come from verified Humanity Protocol channels.</p>
<p><strong>Sources:</strong><br><a href="https://thedefiant.io/news/tokens/humanity-protocol-h-token-airdrop-recovery-36m-exploit" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">The Defiant: Humanity Protocol Launches New H Token Airdrop After $36M Exploit</a><br><a href="https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/06/16/humanity-protocol-unveils-h-token-recovery-and-airdrop-plan-post-36m-hack/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Crypto Times: Humanity Protocol Unveils H Token Recovery and Airdrop Plan</a><br><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/06/09/humanity-s-usd36-million-exploit-happened-because-a-multisig-wallet-lived-on-one-laptop" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">CoinDesk: Humanity's $36 Million Exploit Happened Because a Multisig Lived on One Laptop</a></p>

Humanity Protocol Launches Recovery Airdrop After $36M Hack

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