The famous hacker who stole $ 321 million from the Wormhole platform accidentally received a reward from the project’s developers

The cryptocurrency platform Wormhole, which suffered a $ 321 million exploit, accidentally included the hacker’s address in the list of airdrop participants. The attack on the Wormhole cross-chain bridge in February 2022 was one of the largest in the history of the crypto industry.

on April 3, Wormhole representatives announced the distribution of more than 675 million W-tokens, worth about $ 850,000 at current prices. A day later, a researcher under the pseudonym Pland said that the Wormhole team forgot to exclude certain wallet addresses associated with the exploit.

According to airdrop. link, a Solana-based service, four wallet addresses were temporarily allowed to claim Wormhole tokens. If the hacker had decided to withdraw his funds, he would have been eligible to receive approximately 31,642 Wormhole (W) tokens, which is about $ 50,000 at current prices.

However, an investigation by airdrop. link revealed that these wallet addresses no longer qualify, indicating that the Wormhole team has already resolved the issue.

The issued tokens represent 6% of the total supply, with an additional 12% allocated to the main participants and 23.3% earmarked for the fund’s treasury. Initially launched on Solana, the token will be released on the Ethereum network and second-tier networks at a later date.