Phisher who stole $24.2 Million Worth of Ethereum Transfers Funds to Tornado Cash, Peckshield Says
A phisher who stole about $24.2 million of staked Ethereum (ETH) from a crypto whale is transferring the assets to crypto mixing firm Tornado Cash, says blockchain security firm Peckshield. The stole n cryptocurrencies were liquid staking tokens including Lido Staked Ether (stETH) and Rocket Pool ETH (rETH), Peckshield said . #PeckShieldAlert The phisher, who grabbed ~$24.2M worth of $rETH & $stETH, has transferred 701 $ETH (~$1.15M) to #TornadoCash The phisher currently holds $22.7M worth of cryptos, including 13.1K $ETH and 1.1M $DAI pic.twitter.com/GODpSp51wO — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) September 8, 2023 The security firm said that the phisher initially transferred 701 Ethereum (ETH) tokens worth about $1.15 million to the cryptocurrency mixer, and then exchanged 28,000 DAI tokens for 17.3 ETH and subsequently moved 1,100 ETH ($1.78 million) to Tornado Cash. Later, the phisher transferred 2,000 ETH worth about $3.1 million to a new wallet addr...