THE:Huobi Global''s Statement on the Facts Regarding the GALA Incident

DearHuobiUsers,

InresponsetopNetwork'sstatementontheGALAincidenttoday,HuobiGlobal'sreplyonwhatactuallyhappenedisasfollows:

WethinkthatpNetwork'sactionisnota"whitehat"operation,butamalicioushackdrivenbyprofitandbadfaith.

Wehave3reasonstobackourargument:

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

Huobi Global：已在走法律程序，pNetwork必將為自身行為承擔法律責任:11月7日消息，針對pNetwork對Huobi的回應，Huobi Global表示，pNetwork的回應虛假而無力，其通過增發天量Token方式攻擊GALA代幣漏洞，完全向交易所隱瞞其攻擊行為，并在聯絡交易所不到一小時內就利用合約漏洞增發556億代幣實施攻擊，期間沒有給交易所任何反應時間，也沒有向交易所確認是否已采取相關措施。在有其他更安全方案的情況下，pNetwork依然選擇最危險的方案，將交易所和用戶置于危險境地并造成極其嚴重后果。

我們要求pNetwork對鏈上數據做出詳盡的說明和解釋，并承擔受損用戶賠付的主要責任。同時，鑒于pNetwork嚴重損害用戶利益的行為，Huobi Global已在走法律程序，pNetwork必將為自己的行為承擔法律責任。[2022/11/7 12:27:54]

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

孫宇晨：振興Huobi的關鍵就是賦能HT:據最新消息，格林納達常駐世界貿易組織代表、特命全權大使、波場TRON創始人孫宇晨先生閣下在推特發文表示：今天是我入職Huobi第二天，我代表Huobi Global顧問委員會發言，我們深知振興Huobi的關鍵就是賦能HT，HT興火幣才能興。未來將有許多大動作圍繞HT展開，包括品牌升級，重磅賦能，商務合作，我們會團結一切能團結的力量，共同把Huobi Global做好。[2022/10/10 10:30:05]

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

Inaddition,wehavesortedoutthekeyeventtimelinerelevanttoHuobiGlobalasbelow:

Huobi大額USDT質押借幣產品新增HT為可質押幣種:據官方消息，Huobi Global質押借幣業務大額USDT產品已新增HT作為可質押幣種，質押HT可借入USDT，初始質押率68%，可選期限30天/45天/90天，最高可借400萬USDT，用戶前往Huobi Global官網首頁，點擊導航欄“金融業務”-“質押借幣”即可參與。更多詳情請看Huobi Global官方公告。[2021/2/26 17:55:42]

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.

MDX在Huobi Global24小時成交額突破8.94億:據火幣全球站官方數據顯示，截止今日22:00，MDX在Huobi Global24小時成交額突破8.94億，位列火幣全球站成交額榜單前十，現報價4.46美元，24小時漲幅24%。當前，MDEX.COM支持交易對1124個，流動性質押總額超12億美元，日交易額突破17億美元，累計交易額突破360億美元，日交易筆數突破110萬筆，躍居DeFi領域Swap龍頭地位。[2021/2/19 17:28:14]

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.

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Nov6,2022

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