KiloEx offered a white hat bounty of 10% ($750,000) for returning 90% of the funds stolen in the $7.5 million price oracle exploit on April 14, 2025, prompting the exploiter to return the assets

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The unexpected repayment occurred after KiloEx offered the hacker a $750,000 “white hat” bounty — 10% of the stolen amount — if they returned 90% of the looted assets.

As part of its recovery approach, KiloEx extended a proposal to the perpetrator, offering to treat them as a white hat by allowing them to retain a part of the stolen funds.