TREE NEWS update: Israel’s Supreme Court has cleared the extradition of an alleged Nomad Bridge exploiter to the United States over a $2.8 million theft, ruling that exploiting a coding flaw can constitute computer intrusion even when the software permitted the transaction. The decision allows US authorities to prosecute the suspect for the 2022 bridge exploit.
Israel Extradites Nomad Bridge Exploiter Suspect to US Over $2.8M Theft
The significance here is legal rather than technical: the ruling treats exploiting a coding flaw as computer intrusion even when the software permitted the transaction, which widens the theory prosecutors can use against alleged bridge exploiters. That matters to anyone who has touched permissionless protocols, where the line between a valid transaction and an exploit has often been argued to be purely a matter of the code. Whether courts in other jurisdictions follow this reasoning, and how it shapes future cross-border cooperation, is the open question worth watching.
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