Blockchain security company CertiK has traced about $63 million in Tornado Cash deposits to the $282 million crypto wallet hack that happened on January 10.
In a post shared on X, CertiK stated that its monitoring tools found activity related to the stolen funds.
The report showed how the attacker tried to hide the money after the theft, a case that has drawn attention because of the large amount stolen and how the funds were moved.
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CertiK’s review showed that part of the stolen Bitcoin
Around 686 BTC was moved using a cross-chain swap, which resulted in about 19,600 ETH being sent to a single Ethereum wallet.
The attacker then divided the ETH into smaller amounts and spread them across several wallets. From there, hundreds of ETH were sent from each wallet into Tornado Cash, a service that mixes transactions to make them harder to track.
According to CertiK, the $63 million linked to Tornado Cash represents only a portion of the total stolen amount.
However, the pattern reveals an attempt to hide the movement of funds after the initial transfers between blockchains.
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$1.32B
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