Whitehat hacker accuses Injective of ghosting after $500M bug disclosure

A pseudonymous security researcher has publicly accused Injective Protocol of offering an inadequate bounty payment and subsequently ghosting them after they disclosed a critical vulnerability that put $500 million at risk. The dispute highlights ongoing tensions between white hat hackers and DeFi protocols over appropriate bug bounty compensation.

• →A white hat hacker disclosed a critical vulnerability in Injective Protocol that put $500 million at risk
• →The security researcher claims Injective offered an inadequate bounty payment for the severity of the bug
• →Injective allegedly stopped communicating with the researcher after the vulnerability disclosure
• →The incident highlights ongoing disputes over fair compensation in blockchain bug bounty programs
• →Public accusations of ghosting could damage Injective's reputation with the security research community