In the history of the hacker attack on the DeFi protocol Euler Finance, there was an unexpected turn again – the hacker apologized for the hack and promised to return all the stolen funds.

“I don’t think what I say will help me in any way, but I still want to say it. I screwed up. I didn’t want to, but I ruined other people’s work, other people’s lives. I really didn’t want this. Forgive me,” the attacker wrote in a message added to the transaction.

The “conscientious” hacker has already returned $177 million out of $197 million, noting that he intends to return all other Euler funds as well.

“The rest of the money will be returned in the near future. I only care about my own safety, and that’s the reason for the delay. I apologize for any misunderstanding,” he wrote.

In March, the Euler Finance team reported that hackers had compromised the platform by exploiting a vulnerability in the protocol’s smart contracts. Euler tried to make a deal with the hackers, offering to return 90% of the stolen funds within the first day.

Last week, the hackers contacted Euler Finance and said they wanted to settle the matter amicably and were ready to return assets that did not belong to them. Eurler agreed to discuss the details.

One of the users of the hacked protocol sent a message to the hackers, saying that he had lost all his savings – 78 ETH ($130,000). The hackers immediately transferred 100 ETH to the victim’s wallet.