Atomic Wallet hacker used OFAC-sanctioned garanex to wash stolen $ 35 million: report

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Von: Krypto News Österreich

Die während des Atomic Wallet-Hacks gestohlenen Krypto-Assets haben ihren Weg zur sanktionierten russischen Kryptowährungsbörse Garantex gefunden, wo die Angreifer die Token gegen Bitcoin (BTC) eintauschten. Laut a twittern Vom Blockchain-Analyseanbieter Elliptic haben sich die Hacker, von denen angenommen wird, dass sie Teil der berüchtigten nordkoreanischen Lazarus-Gruppe sind, an Garantex gewandt, da mehrere Krypto-Börsen zusammenarbeiten, um Gelder im Zusammenhang mit dem Hack einzufrieren. Atomic-Wallet-Hacker wenden sich an Garantex Das Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) verhängte letztes Jahr Sanktionen gegen Garantex, einige Monate nachdem der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin die Ukraine angegriffen hatte. Das US-Finanzministerium erklärte, dass die Plattform laxe Maßnahmen …
The crypto assets stolen during the Atomic Wallet hack have found their way to the sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, where the attackers exchanged the tokens for Bitcoin (BTC). According to A, the hackers, which are believed to be part of the notorious North Korean Lazarus group, have turned to Garantex, since several crypto exchanges work together to freeze funds in connection with the hack. Atomic Wallet-Hacker turned to Garantex The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against Garantex last year, a few months after Russian President Vladimir Putin had attacked Ukraine. The US Ministry of Finance explained that the Laxe platform platform ... (Symbolbild/KNAT)

The crypto-assets stolen during the atomic wallet hack have found their way to the sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex, where the attackers exchanged the tokens for Bitcoin (BTC).

according to A Twitter

atomic wallet hacker contact Garantex

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against Garantex last year, a few months after Russian President Vladimir Putin had attacked Ukraine. The US Ministry of Finance said that the Laxe platform has measures to combat money laundering and housing illegal players. However, the stock exchange continued its company and played an important role in facilitating illegal crypto transactions.

The non -kept decentralized atomic wallet was compromised at the beginning of this month, with several users reported that their accounts were emptied. While the losses for the largest individual victims in the six-digit range were moving, the attack was skimmed up by more than $ 35 million of crypto assets. The stolen assets include BTC, Ether (Eth), Tether (USDT), Dogecoin (Doge), Litecoin (LTC), BNB Coin (BNB) and Polygon (Matic).

A few days after the exploit, the hackers continued the stolen cryptocurrencies to Sinbad.io, a crypto mixer used by the Lazarus Group to wash crypto-assets. Garantex funds are still transferred to Sinbad.io.

Before the stolen assets were transferred to Garantex, the hackers used the on-chain trading platform 1inch to exchange them for USDT. They were exchanged for BTC from Garantex and moved to Sinbad.io.

ongoing examination

The Atomic Wallet team claims that the attack affected less than 1 % of its monthly active users. The team said that the services of the blockchain security company Chainalysis used it as a senior investigator and teamed up with several stock market and analysis companies to track down and freeze the stolen funds.

It remains unclear whether Atomic Wallet included the law enforcement authorities in the matter. In addition, the platform has not yet determined the attack vector or stated whether compensation plans are underway.

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