The hackers who attacked Deribit’s hot wallet transferred 1,610 ETH (over $2.5 million) to Tornado Cash, according to Ethereum block explorer Etherscan.
The funds were transferred in 17 transactions, with the first outbound transaction taking place on November 5—just days after Deribit was hacked.
Blockchain analytics platform PeckShield initially reported on the Tornado Cash transaction on Nov. 5. At the time, the amount that came out of the hacker’s ETH wallet was about $350,000.
Deribit officially announced that Its platform experienced a hot wallet hack on November 2, losing $28 million in cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, ETH and USD Coin, forcing all withdrawals to be halted to ensure proper security after the hack. hack
DeribitreturnBTC, ETH and USDC withdrawals opened normally on November 2, moving all hot wallets to digital asset security platform Fireblocks, where Deribit. emphasizethat users should not send funds to previous BTC, ETH and USDC addresses and use the new Fireblocks deposit address instead.
The news comes amid continued uncertainty over Tornado Cash and other concealment services after US authorities blacklisted Tornado Cash in August 2022.
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