Drift Exploiter Sends Another $46M in ETH to Tornado Cash, Total Hits $109M

A wallet linked to the Drift exploit transferred 18,800 Ether, worth about $46 million, to the Tornado Cash mixer on Wednesday. It followed a $61 million deposit on Tuesday, taking the two day total to 44,510 ETH, or roughly $109 million, according to Arkham data.

How Much Stolen Money Is Left

The mixer deposits make the funds much harder to trace and represent nearly 37% of the $295 million taken from the decentralized exchange in April. Arkham data shows wallets labeled as the exploiter’s still hold 56,569 ETH, worth about $138 million, after Wednesday’s transfers.

Background on the Drift Attack

Drift, a Solana based exchange, reported about $295 million in losses from the April 1 hack, which its security consultant Mandiant attributed to a North Korean threat group. DefiLlama ranks it as this year’s third-largest crypto hack. On Oct. 1, Drift opened claims and redemptions for DFX recovery tokens, which give affected users a claim on a pool that launched with about $3.1 million and receives exchange revenue and recovered funds.