Led by Aave, dozens of DeFi protocols contributed funds to the DeFi United initiative to mitigate the wider industry impact, raising over $300M in ETH. The restoration process involves converting ETH into rsETH in tranches, which will then be transferred to the affected lockbox contract, allowing the bridge to securely resume operation.

A key concern is that deployment of the restoration plan is contingent on finalizing agreements and obtaining governance approvals, during which the attacker could attempt to interfere.