Huobi Global''s Statement on the Facts Regarding the GALA Incident_ING

DearHuobiUsers,

InresponsetopNetwork'sstatementontheGALAincidenttoday,HuobiGlobal'sreplyonwhatactuallyhappenedisasfollows:

WethinkthatpNetwork'sactionisnota"whitehat"operation,butamalicioushackdrivenbyprofitandbadfaith.

Wehave3reasonstobackourargument:

1.Initspriorcommunicationswithcentralizedexchanges,thepNetworkteamneversaiditintendedtoattackitsmisconfigurationloopholebymintinganastronomicalamountofvaluelesstokens.WhatisworsethanhidingitsintentionisthatpNetworkexploitedtheloopholeonitsownsmartcontractandissued55.6billionPGALAtokenstocarryouttheattack50minutesaftercontactingotherexchanges,notleavingsufficientresponsetimetotheexchanges.Apostmorteminvestigationrevealedthatthemisconfiguration,orvulnerability,wascausedbyapNetworkengineermistakenlyembeddingakeyinthesmartcontract67daysago,whichsubsequentlyledtothisveryincident.

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2.ThereisnoevidencewhatsoeverthatanyonewouldleveragethisloopholetoinitiateanattackotherthanpNetworkwhoiseagertoexploititforprofit.Eventhoughtherearemanymoresecuresolutionsathand,thepNetwork,despitethefactthattheloopholehasexistedfor67days,resortedtoattackingtheloopholeandminting55.6billiontokensforprofitwithin50minutesaftercommunicatingwithexchanges.Whataresponsibleprojectteamshouldhavedoneistoleaveaminimumresponsetimeof24hoursforexchangestoswitchtothenewtoken,suspenddepositsandwithdrawalsontheoldsmartcontract,andcallforPancakeswapuserstoretracttheirliquiditypools.ItisunjusifiedandunnecessaryforpNetworktoactivelyattackthisloopholeandmintanenormousamountofnewtokens.Throughthisattack,pNetworkhasprofitedoverUS$4.5million.Meanwhile,multiplerelatedaddressestookplannedandcoordinatedactionsandmademillionsofdollars.TheircombinedprofitsareanexcessofUS$10million,clearlyindicatingthepurposeoftheattackwastomakeprofits.

Huobi Trust聘請前美國國土安全部官員擔任首席運營官:金色財經報道，火幣科技的美國子公司Huobi Trust已聘請前美國國土安全部官員Robert Whitaker擔任首席運營官(COO)。據悉，Whitaker在國土安全部工作了近12年，從2014年到2017年是該機構的非法融資和犯罪收益部門的監督官員，在此期間調查了暗網市場的刑事案件和其他與加密相關的活動。[2021/8/6 1:37:38]

3.pNetworkarguedthatthemintingofanstaggeringamountof55.6billiontokenswastorecoupaliquiditypoolthatisonlyworthUS$400,000.Thisreasoningisgroundlessandfarfetched.pNetworkandGALAteamswerefullyawareofthedevastingimpactofthisoperation.Onewouldwonderwhywouldtheyunilaterallyminted55.6billionGALAtokenswithoutleavinganytimeforthirdpartiestoreact.Inaddition,pNetworkisnotentitledtodraintheUS$400,000liquiditypool,whichbelongstousers.Alltheseseeminglypreemptiveactionsareclearlyprofit-seekingbehaviourindisguise.WhatpNetworkhasdoneistocarryoutanactualhackundertheguiseof"whitehat"operationtoavoidlegalconsequences!

Inaddition,wehavesortedoutthekeyeventtimelinerelevanttoHuobiGlobalasbelow:

Huobi Global調整部分ETP產品持倉限額:火幣官方剛剛發布公告稱，已于12月27日對部分ETP產品進行持倉限額（最大持倉量）調整。[2020/12/28 15:52:04]

11-0319:23(UTC):pNetworkcontactedHuobiGlobalthroughaseparatepointofcontact.However,itdidnotinformusthatpNetworkwasgoingtocarryouttheattack,nordiditindicatethatitwouldissue55.6billionGALAtokenstobedumpedinthemarket,whichcausedextremelyheavylossestoinnocentusersandexchanges.

11-0319:48(UTC)GalaGamesreportedthatBinance.UShasconfirmedBEP20deposits/withdrawalsforGALAaresuspended.Howeveritdidnotconfirmthedeposits/withdrawalswithHuobiGlobal.

11-0320:13(UTC)pNetworkissued27,814,200,000pGALA.

11-0320:27(UTC)pNetworkissuedanother27,814,200,000pGALA,increasingthetotalcirculationofpGALAto55.6billion.

11-0320:28(UTC)pNetworkissuedanannouncementfalselyclaimingthe"misconfigurationofthep.Networkbridge",whichledtothemintingofover$1billionworthofpGALAtokensonBNBChainoutofthinair.pNetworkhasconvenientlycoveredupthefactthatitwasthehackerinthisincident,andattackedtheloopholetoissue55.6billionGALAtokensoutofthinair.Theactofdumpingforprofitconstitutesacriminaloffense.

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Tosumup,wehavereasontobelievethat:

pNetwork'sactionisnota"whitehat"operation,butamalicioushackwithprofitasitstheultimategoal.WebelievethatthisisapremeditatedattackplannedbythepNetworkteam,andthewhitehatoperationisjustanillegalexcusesoughtbythepNetworkteamtoavoidlegalconsequences.

Initsdealingwiththisincident,GalaandpNetworkteamsnevertriedtoreachHuobiGlobalviaofficialcommunicationchannelstoconfirmthesecurityandfeasibilityoftheirplans.Rather,theyactedinbadfaithandabusedtheirmanagementpermissiononBNBChainbymintingover55.6billionGALAtokensforprofitablesell-offs.

TheGALAandpNetworkteamscouldhaveusedothersafermethodtofixthevulnerabilityandavoidthisunfortunateincidentfromhappening.However,theychosetocoverupthefactsandexecutedamassiveattackinvolving55.6billionGALAtokenswithin50minutesaftercontactingtheexchanges.Thisisamaliciousattackmotivatedbyprofitandistantamoustoaterroristattackoninnocentusersandplatforms.Theentireindustryhassufferedahugeblowbecauseofthisincident.

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Notlongbefore,onbehalfofourusersvictimizedbypNetwork'sactions,HuobiGlobalcommunicatedandnegotiatedwiththepNetworkteamingoodfaithforreasonablecompensationtothevictims.However,wedidnotreceiveanacceptableresponsefrompNetworkasofthetimethisstatementispublished.

InviewofpNetwork'sunconfirmedunilateralstatementontheGALAincidentthatseriouslydeviatesfromthefacts,itshowshowtheprojectteamisattemptingtoshirkresponsibilities,whilecausingsignificantdamagetotheassetsecurityofHuobiGlobalusers.Astheworld'sleadingvirtualassettradingplatform,protectingourusers'interestsandsafeguardingassetsecurityhavealwaysbeenthecoreresponsibilityofHuobiGlobalsinceourestablishmentnineyearsago.Tofulfilourcommitmenttoourusers,wewilltaketheleadingatheringandrepresentingthevictimsofHuobiGlobal,andwewillworkwithglobalpartnerstoexercisealllegalmeans,includingclassactionsandlodgingpolicereports,toinvestigateandpursuecriminalchargesagainsttheperpetuatorsfrompNetwork.

Weurgeallattackerswhoexploitedthesecurityvulnerabilitytoreturntheunjustifiedgains.HuobiGlobaliswillingtopaytheattackersfromour$1millionbountyfundandnotpursueanylegalactionagainstthem.Lastly,wewouldliketoreiteratethatHuobiGlobalalwaysstandbyourusers,andwewillnotstopuntilallofourusers'reasonabledemandsaresatisfied.

HuobiGlobal

Nov6,2022

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