The hackers who attacked the BTC.com pool of the mining company BIT Mining Limited obtained 32.5 BTC and 1964 ETH. X-explore on-chain analysts came to this conclusion.
https://t.co/lhYe68Nz2l Cyber Attack On-chain Analysis By X-explore.
The stolen assets 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
The attackers transferred most of the coins to Tornado Cash, but some funds went to the 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 centralized BTC Mixer for Money Laundering2/3 pic.twitter.com/09D5kLjRRm
— X-explore (@x_explore_eth) January 3, 2023
“Bitcoin wallet 3FxUA8godrRmxgUaPv71b3XCUxcoCLtUx2 transferred the stolen 32.5 BTC (~$0.55 million). Attackers are suspected of using the mixing service for money laundering,” the researchers noted.
According to their observations, the hacker also transferred 1964 ETH to four new addresses. The funds subsequently went to Tornado Cash and then “to exchanges like 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
Recall that the attack on BTC.com occurred on December 3.
Representatives of BIT Mining Limited reported the incident to law enforcement in Shenzhen (China). On December 23, authorities launched an investigation.
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