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Liquid Network attacker returns 3,400 BTC after bug fix, retains nearly 600 BTC

The attacker who withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC from Liquid Network's federation wallet over the weekend has returned around 85% of the funds after Blockstream said its bridge nodes had been patched.The purported white-hat hacker communicated with Blockstream through Bitcoin OP_RETURN messages and PGP-encrypted text. In a message at block 965,875, the party told Blockstream to "fix the bug first" and ensure every node is patched before they would transfer the funds back.Adam Back-led Blockstream sub...

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