Immunefi CEO Mitchell Amador has said the Liquid Network attackers lost any claim to white-hat status by retaining 598.5 BTC after returning 3,400 BTC from the roughly 4,000 BTC exploit.
Summary
- Roughly 598.5 BTC remains with the attackers after they returned 3,400 BTC.
- Amador said coordinated disclosure ends when a researcher sets rescue terms without prior approval.
- Protocols should establish rescue rules and bounty limits before an exploit occurs.
- Immunefi’s CEO defended the 10% bounty convention when teams approve it in advance.
Immunefi founder and CEO Mitchell Amador told crypto.news that moving user assets without permission cannot be treated as a rescue…







