Suspected DMM Bitcoin hackers move 500 BTC to new addresses

crypto.news · 2024-08-22T02:46:39+00:00

$30.4m worth of Bitcoin linked to the DMM Bitcoin hack has reportedly been moved from a crypto address. DMM Bitcoin raised $320m after the Japanese exchange was hit by hackers in May. Earlier this year, it was suspected that the Lazarus Group was behind the attack, investigating techniques used to launder stolen cryptocurrency and other off-chain indicators to make the determination. One of the wallets that have allegedly recently been moved was thought to have taken $35m worth of Bitcoin to the Cambodia-based Huione Guarantee.

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2024-08-22 02:46:39

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A crypto address linked to the $305 million DMM Bitcoin hack in May has reportedly moved 500 Bitcoin, which have an estimated value of $30.4 million.

According to PeckShield , the suspected address first moved the Bitcoin (BTC) to two addresses, each receiving approximately 250 BTC

The funds are suspected of being part of the 4,502.9 BTC stolen from the Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin in May. The stash was then valued at about $305 million, but it would be worth just north of $274 million at current rates. Soon after the attack, DMM Bitcoin raised $320 million, which it used to compensate victims of the hack.

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT previously blamed notorious hackers, the Lazarus Group, linked to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, for the DMM Bitcoin attack. The on-chain analyst said the techniques used to launder the stolen crypto and several other off-chain indicators pointed to the Lazarus group as the culprits.

Soon after the hack, the attackers reportedly divided the stolen Bitcoin into smaller batches of 500 BTC and moved them into new wallets. The funds identified by Peckshield are from one of these wallets and the latest to be moved since the May 31 hack.

In July, ZachXBT claimed that the attackers had moved about $35 million worth of Bitcoin to the Cambodia-based exchange, Huione Guarantee. The exchange was recently accused of facilitating the laundering of funds from crypto hacks, pig butchering scams, and other crypto exploits

As crypto news reported in July, Tether froze a Tron wallet suspected to belong to Huione, with more than $28 million in USDT thought to be the proceeds of crime.

According to the crypto sleuth, the DMM Bitcoin attackers typically move the stolen cryptocurrency to privacy mixers and then bridge it to Ethereum (ETH) and Avalanche (AVAX) using THORChain. The thieves then change the funds to Tether (USDT), shift them to Tron (TRX), and finally deposit them on Huione.

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