Drift Announces a $2.95 Billion Security Incident Recovery Plan

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Drift Protocol has unveiled a $2.95 billion recovery plan following a security breach in April attributed to a North Korea-backed group. The protocol update includes receipt tokens for verified losses, with each token equivalent to $1. An initial recovery pool of $3.8 million will be expanded through up to $127.5 million in exchange revenue, Tether support, and $20 million from partners. Drift has frozen $3.36 million in USDC and is offering a 10% bounty for recovered assets. A Q2 relaunch is planned under a "security-first" model.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Drift Protocol has unveiled a user recovery plan for the approximately $295 million security breach on April 1, attributed to a North Korea-backed hacking group. Under the plan, Drift will issue receipt tokens representing verified user losses, with each token corresponding to $1 in losses; holders can gradually redeem these tokens based on the size of the recovery pool.

The recovery pool currently has an initial funding of approximately $38 million, with additional funding sources including up to $127.5 million from exchange revenues, support from Tether, and up to $20 million from partners, aiming to cover total losses of approximately $295.4 million. Drift has frozen approximately $33.6 million in USDC and has established a public bounty program offering 10% of recovered assets. The exchange is expected to relaunch in the second quarter under a "security-first" model. (CoinDesk)

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