Thala Labs, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol on the Aptos blockchain, successfully recovered $25 million in stolen liquidity pool tokens following a $25.5 million exploit that occurred on November 15, 2024. The exploit was attributed to a flaw in their farming contract, which allowed a hacker to siphon off the funds. In a swift response, the hacker returned the stolen tokens within six hours after being identified by crypto sleuths and law enforcement, in exchange for a $300,000 bounty. Despite the recovery, the incident has impacted the THL token, which has seen a decline of 35%, and the total value locked (TVL) in the protocol dropped from $240 million to $195.6 million. Thala Labs has resumed operations and is working to address the vulnerabilities that led to the exploit.