Poly Network said all of the funds bar $33 million worth of the digital coin tether has now been returned.
But $268 million of assets is currently locked in an account that requires passwords from both Poly Network and the hacker.
In an unusual turn of events Wednesday, an anonymous person claiming to be the hacker said they were "ready to return" the funds. The identity of the hacker, or hackers, is not yet known. "It's likely that keys held by both Poly Network and the hacker would be required to move the funds — so the hacker could still make these funds inaccessible if they chose to," Tom Robinson, chief scientist of blockchain analytics firm Elliptic, said in aIn a message embedded in a digital currency transaction, the suspected hacker said they would "provide the final key when _everyone_ is ready.
"This attack is likely to have been watched closely by cybercriminals and law enforcement alike, potentially opening up the possibility of copycat attacks."Robinson said the hacker "might well still find themselves being pursued by the authorities."
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