Wormhole initially included its own hacker in 670 million token airdrop

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Wormhole initially included its own hacker in 670 million token airdrop
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Wormhole's exploit in 2022 led the cross-chain protocol to lose 120,000 ETH, around $323 million at the time.

Cross-chain protocol Wormhole initially allocated tokens to wallets that belong to one or more hackers from its 2022 exploit during its latest airdrop event.

Around four addresses associated with the hack were allocated over 31,600 W tokens, worth around $38,000. The addresses belonged to the hacker that siphoned 120,000 ETH from the interoperability protocol in 2022. The hacked amount, worth around $323 million at the time, made the exploit one of the largest hacks in decentralized finance history.

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