The Deribit Hot wallet hacker transferred 1,610 ETH (over $2.5 million) to Tornado Cash, according to data from Ethereum’s Etherscan block explorer.
In the wake of the $28 million Deribit hack, the unknown exploiter moved the stolen funds using the decentralized cryptocurrency mixer, Tornado Cash.
Deribit Hot wallet hacker transferred a total of 1,610 Ether
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$1,350
, or about $2.5 million, worth of Tornado Cash, according to data from the Ethereum block explorer Etherscan.
The funds were transferred in 17 transactions, with the first transaction issued on November 5, just days after Deribit was hacked.
The amount of funds transferred to Tornado Cash is only a fraction of all the ETH stolen from the hacker’s address, as his balance is 7,501 ETH ($11.8 million) at the time of writing. The hacker initially sent 9,080 ETH to the address on November 2.
Blockchain analytics platform PeckShield initially reported outgoing Tornado Cash transactions on Nov. 5. At the time, the amount of funds leaving the hacker’s ETH wallet was only about $350,000.
Deribit officially announced that its platform suffered a hot wallet hack on November 2, losing a total of $28 million in various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin.
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$18,632
, ETH and USD currency
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$1.00
. The exchange stopped all withdrawals to ensure proper security after the attack and promised to cover all losses.
The platform subsequently withdrew regular withdrawals for BTC, ETH, and USDC on Nov. 2, migrating all hot wallets to the Fireblocks digital asset security platform. Deribit emphasizes that users will not send funds to their old BTC, ETH, and USDC addresses and instead use new Fireblocks deposit addresses.
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The news comes amid ongoing uncertainty over Tornado Cash and other cryptocurrency mixers after the mixer was restricted by United States authorities. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control blacklisted Tornado Cash in August 2022, making it illegal for citizens, residents, and businesses to receive or send money through the service.
In October, cryptocurrency advocacy group Coin Center filed a complaint against OFAC, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and OFAC Director Andrea Gacki, alleging that the Tornado Cash sanction was “unconscionable and illegal.” .
