Balancer hacker begins moving stolen ETH…distributed transfers via Tornado Cash

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Minseung Kang

Summary

  • Onchain Lens said an address involved in the Balancer hack has begun moving the stolen Ethereum (ETH) to Tornado Cash.
  • Balancer said it recently had about $116 million worth of crypto assets stolen in the hack.
  • Balancer said it has offered to pay the hacker 20% of the stolen assets as a white hat reward.
Photo = Onchain Lens X capture
Photo = Onchain Lens X capture

An address linked to the Balancer (Balancer) hack has begun moving the stolen Ethereum (ETH) through the privacy protocol Tornado Cash (Tornado Cash).

On the 15th (local time), on-chain analytics account Onchain Lens said on X (formerly Twitter), "The Balancer exploiter has begun moving ETH to Tornado Cash."

Earlier, Balancer said it had about $116 million worth of crypto assets stolen in a hacking attack on the 3rd (local time). Balancer is currently said to have offered to pay the hacker 20% of the stolen assets as a white hat (white hat) reward.

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Minseung Kang

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