Yes, NEAR Intents said that on October 2 the hacker returned all $3.8 million, and the investigation is closed

The return is confirmed by the team itself, not only by retellings in the news. For $NEAR holders this removes the direct loss to the project from this hack: the Omni bridge layer was broken, not the core NEAR blockchain. This requires no action from you.

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Facts

Hack: on October 1 the team reported a loss of about $3.8 million due to a bug in the interaction of Omni with the contract, promised full compensation and closed the hole in the contract. [@near_intents, October 1, 2026]
Before the return, project head Alex Shevchenko gave the hacker 48 hours and published addresses on the Bitcoin, BNB Chain/Ethereum and Solana networks. Later the hacker sent 1 BNB with a note about readiness to cooperate. [@heartysender, October 2, 2026]
NEAR co-founder Ilya Polosukhin writes that everything was returned at 14:30 UTC on October 2: first the team established the identity, then got in touch with the hacker. [@ilblackdragon, October 2, 2026]
The $NEAR coin traded around $4.64, down about 5.5% per day, according to a third party author. These are not exchange market data. [X, October 2, 2026]
The official NEAR Intents account wrote that the $3.8 million exploit funds were returned a day later, the investigation is closed. [@near_intents, October 2, 2026]

Waiting

The team promised to publish a detailed technical report on the hack in the coming days.