this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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not stole. Were given.
If code is law, then they just found the right way to ask. And the code gave the money to them, because they asked nicely.
Code isn't law. The article above does a bad job of explaining it and makes it sound like it was just a weekend bug find. It wasn't a bug, it was them setting up a bunch of fake entities misdirect funds.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/sophisticated-25m-ethereum-heist-took-about-12-seconds-doj-says/