The Balancer Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) requested the return of over $100 million in stolen digital assets this week. A message was sent to the responsible party involved in the exploit, offering a bounty for the return of the funds within a specific timeframe. If not returned, legal measures will be pursued.

The exploit on Balancer, reported on Monday, involved more than $100 million worth of staked Ether, including StakeWise Staked ETH, Wrapped Ether, and Lido wstETH, being transferred to a new wallet. This incident highlighted concerns over the audits of the exchange’s smart contracts, with four security companies having reviewed them.

Hackers exploited Balancer’s v2 Stable Pools and Composable Stable v5 pools by using BatchSwaps and the upscale rounding function, as detailed in a post-mortem report. The exact amount of the bounty offered for the return of the stolen funds was not specified, but it was initially stated to be up to 20% of the total amount stolen, which is over $20 million.

No one had accepted the onchain offer at the time of publication, raising questions about the outcome of the situation. Cointelegraph reached out to auditors for comment but had not received a response. The incident has drawn attention to the security measures in place for decentralized exchanges and the vulnerabilities that exist within them.

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