0x9098b50e…9673sent to0xcc3a5dc0…c481·#18,129,231·view on Etherscan
You've probably already realized this and hoped we wouldn't, but: you made a small mistake. This has led to us being able to corroborate with some leads we received based on a tip, and we have finally narrowed the chase enough to feel confident sending this message on-chain.
It's often the case that those who are very skilled in web3 (like you) make small mistakes in their opsec - web2 traces, or talking to people who they shouldn't about the attack. This is the case here too.
So this will be our last message we send before we pursue charges: send back 90% of the stolen crypto to the Balancer DAO multisig 0x10A19e7eE7d7F8a52822f6817de8ea18204F2e4f, keep 10% for yourself as a bounty, and we will back off of our pursuit and you can live a free person who's quite a bit wealthier. We need the money back by UTC 0900 18 Sept. If it's not sent back by then, our offer of you keeping 10% is revoked, and we will involve the authorities who are awaiting our 'go ahead' as we speak.
If you have any questions, email us at balancer.contact@protonmail.com - please sign any message with the address you hacked funds otherwise the email will be disregarded. We look forward to closing this situation out, you making some money, and us all going on our way without involving the centralized authorities any further.