79thVault claws back 92% of stolen BNB as Bitget doubts $388M return
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79thVault said it recovered 15,000 BNB from the hacker tied to the October 7 loot of its 79AU liquidity pool. That amount matches about 92% of the initially reported missing BNB, while later on-chain accounting put the proceeds figure at 17,881 BNB.
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What it means
Users and the market around 79thVault can see that 15,000 BNB was returned after the October 7 theft, which changes the immediate recovery picture tied to the 79AU liquidity pool. The remaining balance is not settled in these details because the later accounting figure is different from the first loss estimate.
Market reaction i
BNB fell 0.3% in the 4 hours after the first headline, after rising 0.1% in the 2 hours before.
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Thefts of a similar size
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0 years ago | FTX · Phishing incident | $450M |
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| 2 months ago | Bitget · Hot Wallet Key Compromised incident | $387M |
| 2 months ago | Bitget · Internal system compromise incident | $351.6M |
| 4.8 years ago | Portal · Signature Verification Flaw incident | $326M |
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