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White hat helps recover $1.8M after Foom Cash exploit drains $2.3M

Tradingview • March 2, 2026

A rapid response by a white hat hacker helped a blockchain protocol recover most of the funds stolen in a $2.26 million exploit , highlighting the ...

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White Hat Hacker Recovers 81% of Stolen Funds from Foom Cash Foom Cash, a decentralized anonymous lottery protocol, lost approximately $2.26 million due to a security exploit. A white-hat hacker named Duha intervened and successfully recovered $1.84 million, which is 81% of the stolen funds. The exploit was caused by a misconfiguration of the Groth16 verifier during Foom Cash's deployment, allowing attackers to submit forged proofs. 5 sources 33

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