DeFi protocol ankr has revealed that a former team member caused the $5 million exploit earlier this month. Reporting by oknightcrypto
) before sending the ill-gotten gains to crypto mixer Tornado Cash. They eventually managed to swap the BNB tokens for 5 million USDC.
"We are in the process of working with law enforcement to prosecute the former team member and bring them to justice," Ankr said in the statement. Following the exploit, Ankr reimbursed impacted aBNBc or aBNBb token holders by airdropping ankrBNB and also airdropped BNB to all affected DeFi liquidity providers.
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