Hackers Drain $320 Million From Liquid Network, Then Return Most of It
Hackers exploited an Elements bug to drain about 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network's federation wallet, then returned 3,400 BTC after Blockstream patched.
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Blockstream
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- First seenSep 7, 2026
- Last mentionedSep 8, 2026
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7 articles · newest firstHackers Return $263 Million Stolen From Liquid Network
Hackers drain roughly 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network federation wallet, then return 3,400 BTC with ~598 BTC still outstanding.
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Liquid Hackers Return 3,400 Bitcoin Taken via Elements Bug, Still Holding $47M in BTC
Hackers exploited an Elements bug to take ~4,000 BTC from Liquid Network, returned 3,400 BTC (~$265M), and still hold ~598.5 BTC (~$47M).
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A hacker stole $340M in a crypto heist, then returned most of it
A hacker exploited a bug to steal about 4,000 BTC (~$340M) from Blockstream's Liquid Network, then returned roughly 3,400 BTC after the bug was fixed.
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Hackers drain $320M in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, claim they’re the good guys
Hackers withdrew roughly 4,000 BTC (about $320M) from the Liquid Network federation wallet backing the Blockstream-developed Bitcoin sidechain, claiming benign intent.
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Hackers drain $320M in Bitcoin from Liquid Network, claim they're the good guys
Attackers withdrew about 4,000 BTC (~$320M) from Liquid Network's federation wallet via a SideSwap peg-out, claiming whitehat status.
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Risky Bulletin: BEC campaign steals €35 million from French notaries
Hackers stole over €35 million from 500+ French notary offices in a four-year BEC campaign; ANSSI spent two years helping evict the attackers.
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- Liquid Networkproduct · 7
- Liquid Networkvictim · 6
- Blockstreamorganization · 5
- L-BTCproduct · 3
- SideSwapvendor · 3
- Blockstreamvictim · 2
- Liquid Networkvendor · 2
- Elementsproduct · 2
- Liquid Networkorganization · 2
- IDScanorganization · 1
- French notary officesvictim · 1
- TeamCityproduct · 1
- ANSSIorganization · 1
- Quinn Emanuelvictim · 1
- LBTCproduct · 1
- Trezorvictim · 1
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