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aave: yo arbitrum, send back the $71m you get from the hacker, we need it arbitrum: chill, we’re voting on it, you’ll have it in a few days. defi united, remember? aave: bet. love that for us (suddenly, american lawyers show up) plaintiffs: stop right there. that $71m is ours now aave: excuse me?? plaintiffs: we have old judgments against north korea. the hacker was lazarus group. lazarus is north korea. therefore the funds belong to north korea. therefore we seize them aave: wait. do you have proof it was north korea? plaintiffs: yeah, tweets aave: …tweets plaintiffs: and a news article aave: but even if it was them, holding stolen funds for 5 minutes doesn’t make you the owner?? plaintiffs: yes it does aave: so if i smash a tiffany’s window, grab a diamond, and a bystander grabs it back from me, your creditor friends can seize the diamond? plaintiffs: correct arbitrum: uhh… what are we supposed to do here plaintiffs: don’t move. everything’s frozen aave: but the funds belong to my innocent users?? plaintiffs: not our problem aave: if i lose this, nobody will ever stop a hacker again. why would they? the reward becomes a legal war with the thief’s creditors plaintiffs: not our problem aave: and sanctioned states will have an incentive to hack more, since stolen funds can pay off their old debts plaintiffs: still not our problem aave: (turns to the judge) your honor, either vacate this now, or make them post a $300m bond. we have days before the entire defi ecosystem cascades judge: (tbd)