ReportedfreezeStatement 143
Tether froze 971.1 million USDT in the main receiving wallet at 21:01 UTC, 37 minutes after the main sweep. Later sweeps landed in the frozen wallet, which now holds 1.175 billion USDT.
TRM said Tether froze 971.1 million USDT in the main receiving wallet at 21:01 UTC, 37 minutes after the main sweep, and that later sweeps landed in that frozen wallet, which then held 1.175 billion USDT.
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- Frozen USDT: 971,100,000 USDT as of
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Reportedroot causeStatement 458
TRM Labs said that on the nine chains other than Ethereum, Binance wallets sent funds to the attacker through ordinary signed transfers.
Binance wallets on the other nine chains sent funds to the attacker through ordinary signed transfers.
Reportedroot causeStatement 303
TRM Labs said early indicators suggested the attacker had phished the Ethereum authorizations, but that this leaves the other chains unexplained.
Early indicators on the Ethereum activity suggested the attacker had phished the authorizations. That explanation covers Ethereum and leaves the other chains unexplained.
ReportedattributionStatement 302
TRM Labs attributed the attack to TraderTraitor, which it called North Korea's elite hacking unit, with high confidence.
North Korea’s elite hacking unit, based on robust on and off-chain intelligence. We make this judgment with high confidence.
Reportedroot causeStatement 301
TRM Labs said preparation began at least 36 hours before the theft, with the operator wallet receiving three small Tornado Cash withdrawals from the morning of 28 October.
Preparation began at least 36 hours before the theft. The attacker's operator wallet received three small withdrawals from Tornado Cash, a service that obscures where crypto comes from, starting the morning of October 28.
ReportedfreezeStatement 243
Binance co-CEO Yi He said Ripple helped stop about USD 200 million from moving; TRM reports a 40.5M RLUSD freeze; the sources do not say whether the figures measure the same thing.
Binance co-CEO Yi He said Ripple helped stop about USD 200 million from moving; TRM has confirmed the 40.5 million RLUSD freeze onchain.