The hackers who attacked the BTC.com pool of mining company BIT Mining Limited obtained 32.5 BTC and 1,964 ETH. On-chain analysts X-explore arrived at this conclusion.
https://t.co/lhYe68Nz2l Cyber Attack On-chain Analysis By X-explore.
The stolen assests are 32.5 BTC and 1964 ETH. Most of them are transferred to Tornodo Cash, and some are transferred to CEX exchanges Binance and Kucoin.https://t.co/RnH4MMOF2q— X-explore (@x_explore_eth) January 3, 2023
Most of the coins were transferred to Tornado Cash, but some funds went to centralized exchanges Binance and Kucoin.
12/03/2022 03:31
BTC wallet 3FxUA8godrRmxgUaPv71b3XCUxcoCLtUx2 transferred 32.5 BTC (~$0.55M), suspected to be stolen.
Attackers suspected of using ceentralized BTC Mixer for Money Laundering2/3 pic.twitter.com/09D5kLjRRm
— X-explore (@x_explore_eth) January 3, 2023
“The Bitcoin wallet 3FxUA8godrRmxgUaPv71b3XCUxcoCLtUx2 transferred the stolen 32.5 BTC (~$0.55 million). The attackers are suspected of using a mixing service to launder money,” the researchers noted.
In their observations, the hacker also transferred 1,964 ETH to four new addresses. The funds subsequently flowed to Tornado Cash, and then to exchanges such as Binance.
12/02/2022 16:23
ETH wallet 0x5b310960a7922092fdCB9295ece336012F9CF87e
A total of 1,964 ETH (~$2.50M) was deposited to four new addresses and subsequently flowed to https://t.co/sIv5Z0LX0T and Exchanges such as Binance.3/3 pic.twitter.com/5j0oSzH5mU
— X-explore (@x_explore_eth) January 3, 2023
Earlier, the BTC.com attack took place on December 3.
Representatives of BIT Mining Limited said they reported the incident to the Shenzhen authorities (China). On December 23, authorities began an investigation.
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