The Sui blockchain and its validators, along with several protocols, have responded to an exploit in which approximately $223 million was stolen. Sui entities have frozen between $160 million and $162 million of the compromised funds by locking the exploiter's addresses, with every validator reportedly deploying code to recover the assets. Reports indicate that $60 million of the stolen assets were bridged to Ethereum, where validators did not intervene to halt the transactions. The exploit targeted a decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Sui blockchain, with the total amount compromised reported as high as $400 million by some sources. Observers have noted that the rapid freezing of funds on Sui sets a bad precedent for decentralization, as it demonstrates a capacity for centralized intervention.