Hacker moves crypto stolen from Ronin breach to help cover its tracks


About 2,000 Ether tokens, valued at around US$7mil (RM29.48mil), that were lifted from Axie Infinity’s Ronin software bridge last month were moved Monday to Tornado Cash, blockchain data shows. — Computer programmer photo created by rawpixel.com - www.freepik.com

A hacker moved some of the roughly US$600mil (RM2.52bil) in cryptocurrency stolen from the Axie Infinity play-to-earn gaming platform to a service that helps users mask transactions.

About 2,000 Ether tokens, valued at around US$7mil (RM29.48mil), that were lifted from Axie Infinity’s Ronin software bridge last month were moved Monday to Tornado Cash, blockchain data shows. Tornado Cash founders did not respond Monday to a request for comment.

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