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Home » Research » WazirX Hacker Awakens For First Time Since $235M Hack
WazirX Hacker Awakens For First Time Since $235M Hack
September 3, 2024
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Arkham
Research Team
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The WazirX hacker moved $6.3M ETH to Tornado Cash yesterday. These are the first transactions from any of the hacker’s addresses in 1.5 months since the hack occurred.
WazirX Hacker Transactions to Tornado Cash
The ETH deposited to Tornado Cash was almost the entire balance of the hacker’s address 0x668 which now has only $153K ETH left over. 0x668 received all of its ETH holdings from two other wallets which sold stolen altcoins for ETH.
WazirX Hacker Profile Page on Arkham
As of 3rd September, the WazirX hacker still holds $154.27M in ETH, acquired with funds stolen from WazirX.
WazirX Hack Traced on Arkham
The WazirX hack happened on July 18th and resulted in over $235M of losses for the exchange, which was once India’s largest exchange by volume.
Arkham’s Balance History Graph credited WazirX holdings as totalling $380M the day prior to the incident, with that number falling to only $148M after the exchange was compromised.
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