Drift Exploiter Moves $61M in ETH Into Tornado Cash

A wallet tied to the Drift Protocol hack has sent about $61 million in Ether to Tornado Cash, a mixer that hides transaction trails. Lookonchain reported that the wallet deposited 25,700 ETH over two hours on Tuesday, after two months of inactivity. Mixers pool funds from many addresses, which makes tracing much harder.

Arkham data shows the exploiter’s addresses still hold about 81,454 ETH, worth roughly $194 million.

Background on the April 1 Drift Hack

Drift, a Solana based decentralized exchange, reported about $295 million in losses from the April 1 attack. In June, the platform said a Mandiant forensic investigation linked the hack to UNC6862, a North Korean threat group. On Oct. 1, Drift opened claims and redemptions for DFX recovery tokens, which give affected users a claim on a recovery pool that held about $3.1 million at launch and receives exchange revenue and any recovered funds.

Biggest Crypto Hacks of 2026

DefiLlama ranks the Drift exploit as the third-largest crypto hack of 2026. Other major incidents include the $387 million Bitget hack and the $320 million Liquid Network exploit.