The hacker, who hacked in 2022 the Voltage Finance decentralized finance protocol and stole crypto -activists into $ 4.67 million, transferred part of the stolen esters to the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency service.

Cryptocurrencies were noticed by Certik, specializing in blockchain safety. Certik found that broadcasts in the amount of $ 182,783 were translated from the address participating in the exploit. data Etherscan, this address was inactive since November, and the last transaction was made 166 days ago.

In March 2022, the hacker used the built-in reverse call function in the ERC-677 tokens standard, exhausting the Voltage Finance platform credit pool using the re-entry attack. Later, the Voltage Finance team reported that the attacker stole the USDC and Binance USD (Busd) stabelcoins, as well as ETH and WBTC. The address of the attacker was marked on Etherscan, and the platform asked the exchanges to block any transactions with this address. Voltage Finance also tried to contact an attacker and agree on a return of funds for remuneration.

On March 18, 2025, the Voltage Finance platform was another attack, during which its Simple Staking pools were compromised. The hacker stole crypto assets totaling $ 322,000. March 20 Voltage Finance Offered The cracker is a reward of $ 50,000 if he agrees to return the stolen cryptocurrencies.

Voltage Finance suspected one of the developers of Simple Staking pools in the incident. The platform did not confirm that it was he who was involved in the theft, however, as a precaution, Voltage Finance immediately closed his access. The platform also cooperates on this issue with law enforcement agencies and centralized exchanges.

Sometimes hackers really agree to make a deal and return the stolen funds. In April, the hacker, who hacked the ZKSYNC protocol, returned 90% of the funds, leaving a part of the amount as a reward. The attacker who attacked the decentralized Kiloex exchange, also returned to her some of the crypto assets.