DeltaPrime Issues Attacker a Deadline to Engage in Conversation on Fund Retrieval, Threatens Legal Action

DeltaPrime, the decentralized finance borrowing protocol attacked by hackers in the amount of $4.8 million on Nov 11, issued an ultimatum to the attacker to respond by 8 AM CET on Nov. 14, in case it threatens to take legal action.

Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol DeltaPrime was hacked again, this time to the tune of $4.8 million. The protocol was previously hacked in September for a loss of $6 million.

Now, the attacker has been given a deadline of November 14 at 8 AM CET to begin talks on retrieving the funds or face legal action. In a post on November 13, the protocol co-founder Gavin Hasselbaink threatened to take action in court and begin tracking the attacker’s identity if there was no opening of dialogue.

“As I am sure you know, we have several leads on your real identity, and at some point we will have to pursue these in order to retrieve the user funds.”

Right after the hack, the attacker received a comment from DeltaPrime on chain, which reads: “Hey, lets discuss how we can get our funds back. Hope to hear from you.” It seems that either the hacker didn’t read this message or just doesn’t have the time now — from what Hasselbaink has said.

The protocol then posted another public message to reassure the attacker that “safe fund retrieval” still remains the top priority for it, reminding him of the safe return of lost funds with the previous hackers, which had collaborated by agreeing beforehand to return their stolen funds.