NEAR Intents Recovers Full $3.8M After 48-Hour Ultimatum to Exploiter

The full recovery, achieved through identification and a short ultimatum rather than a public bounty or on-chain negotiation, points to a playbook where attribution pressure substitutes for technical recovery. That matters for other teams weighing how to respond to exploits, since the outcome here may encourage similar ultimatum-style approaches. What remains undisclosed — the attacker's identity and how the return was arranged — is also the part that determines whether this is repeatable or a one-off.