On May 23, Cetus officially announced the latest developments of this theft incident on social media, stating that the team has collaborated with the broader ecosystem, Sui team, and relevant third parties to analyze the incident and track funds, and has marked the hacker's accounts. They found the root cause of the vulnerability and fixed the related software packages, and quickly notified ecosystem builders with the help of ecosystem members to prevent other teams from being affected. Professional anti-cybercrime organizations have been hired to support fund tracking and negotiations regarding fund safety return. Currently, negotiations are ongoing with law enforcement agencies, and further assistance is being arranged.
Notably, the official confirmed the Ethereum wallet addresses controlled by the hackers who carried out the attack earlier today and has been negotiating with them regarding the return of customer funds. They have proposed payment of the outstanding balance under the name of a white hat hacker, but with a limited timeframe. If the hacker accepts the terms, no further legal action will be taken.
