# \[DISCUSSION\] Move the 1,227,121 ATOM recovered after the Neutron exploit to the Neutron recovery multisig **URL:** \ **Category:** Hub Proposals\ **Created:** [September 30, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/discussion-move-the-1-227-121-atom-recovered-after-the-neutron-exploit-to-the-neutron-recovery-multisig/17385 "2026-09-30T15:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![ccclaimens](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.cosmos.network/ccclaimens/32/9022_2.png) [@ccclaimens](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/ccclaimens)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/discussion-move-the-1-227-121-atom-recovered-after-the-neutron-exploit-to-the-neutron-recovery-multisig/17385/3 "2026-09-30T15:58:14Z")
Thanks for the question, it’s a fair one. Neutron isn’t dead. It resumed block production on 25 September with a recovery release. That release put all 11 affected contracts back on their original code and admins, and locked both attacker accounts. The ATOM needs to go back because it belongs to Neutron users. It was taken from the Drop dATOM converter, the Drop withdrawal manager and the Astroport ATOM/dATOM pool. While it’s missing, those contracts can’t pay out what users are owed. Returning it to the original contracts lets those users withdraw their positions and offboard if they want to, including bridging their ATOM back to the Hub. Leaving it in a Hub multisig helps nobody. On whether this could happen again: the release closed the path proposal 9 used. For now, Neutron governance only accepts software-upgrade and text proposals, so a vote can no longer change contract admins, migrate contracts or move funds. New delegations are also frozen, so nobody can buy voting power the way the attacker did. The ongoing protections are enforced at several layers, which also covers calls made through smart contracts, interchain accounts and authz. The return itself also needs a separate Neutron governance proposal. Until that passes, the ATOM stays in the Neutron recovery multisig. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/discussion-move-the-1-227-121-atom-recovered-after-the-neutron-exploit-to-the-neutron-recovery-multisig/17385)._