The hackers behind the $190 million Nomad cross-chain protocol hack were offered NFT as a reward for returning more than 90% of the funds withdrawn.

Special NFTs featuring a wizard’s white hat are offered by the Metagame project. Only a hacker who pays back their assets can issue a token, thus falling into the category of white hackers – white hat.

“If you haven’t returned the money yet, you can do it right now! Metagame automatically checks your online transaction history,” the Nomad team said.

In a comment to Cointelegraph, Metagame founder Brenner Speer admitted that he “doesn’t know if this will push anyone back”. The idea is part of a broader effort to promote good behavior in the industry, he said.

The first 50 people to return Nomad funds will receive 100 FF tokens (~$27 at the time of writing) from the Forefront service, in addition to the Whitehat NFT.

Hackers hacked the cross-chain protocol on August 2. Attackers exploited a vulnerability in a smart contract that allowed unauthorized withdrawals.

Coinbase analysts found that hundreds of copycats have joined the original crackers. They copied and used the exploit code, only changing the type and number of tokens, as well as the address of the recipient.

The Nomad team almost immediately challenged to return 90% of stolen funds as white hat hackers to avoid prosecution. As of August 8, approximately $32.6 million has been repaid to the project.

Most users reacted negatively to the NFT attempt. Some called it “comedy” and “clown”.

“Is this what the team came up with to fix the problem? Reward a hacker with a useless NFT?” ‘ one commentator asked.

Metagame said it was their idea and that Nomad was doing “more important things”.

Recall that according to the calculations of Chainalysis analysts, the amount of stolen funds as a result of 13 attacks on cross-chain protocols has reached $ 2 billion since the beginning of the year.

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