{"id":570322,"date":"2022-04-24T17:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T16:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/?p=570322"},"modified":"2022-04-24T17:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T16:50:33","slug":"axie-infinity-hackers-transfer-33-5k-eth-to-new-ethereum-address-as-us-treasury-intensifies-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/axie-infinity-hackers-transfer-33-5k-eth-to-new-ethereum-address-as-us-treasury-intensifies-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Axie Infinity Hackers Transfer 33.5k ETH to a New Ethereum Address as the US Treasury Intensifies Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ronin Network, Axie Infinity hackers, have transferred 33,568.152 ETH to a new address<\/li>\n<li>61,253.416 ETH now remains in the Ethereum address that stored the initial funds from the hack<\/li>\n<li>The US Treasury has intensified sanctions aimed at blocking Ethereum addresses associated with the hack<\/li>\n<li>Decentralized mixing platforms such as Tornado Cash have complied with the sanctions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Ronin Network, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/axie-infinity-hacker-launders-7-5-ethereum-tornado-cash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axie Infinity hackers<\/a> have transferred 33,568.152 ETH from the original Ethereum address used to orchestrate the attack. The movement of funds from the Ethereum address was first highlighted by the team at Wu Blockchain, who also pointed out that the original address now holds 61,253 ETH.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Ronin Network hacker address (0x098B7\u2026) once again transferred 33,568 ETH to a new address, and the current hacker address still has about 61,253 ETH.<\/p>\n<p>Related link: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kSKFVnjXLG\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/kSKFVnjXLG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1518206817876148225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_570325\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-570325\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum.jpg\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-570325\" src=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum-1024x549.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum-770x413.jpg 770w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum-500x268.jpg 500w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum-269x144.jpg 269w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum-746x400.jpg 746w, https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Ronin-Network-transfer-of-Ethereum.jpg 1102w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-570325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transfer of 33.53k ETH and balance on the Ronin Network hack address. Source, Etherscan.io<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The US Treasury Intensifies Sanctions on the Ethereum Addresses used by the Axie Infinity Hackers<\/h2>\n<p>The move of 33.568k ETH from the original Ethereum address used to carry out the Ronin Network exploit comes in the wake of the US Treasury intensifying sanctions against addresses linked to the hack.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/us-treasury-ofac-blacklists-crypto-addresses-of-chinese-narcotics-kingpins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Office of Foreign Assets Control<\/a> at the US Department of the Treasury has identified and sanctioned the following ETH address linked to the state-sponsored North Korean hacker group, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/google-chromes-latest-security-vulnerability-could-affect-crypto-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lazarus<\/a>. The latter has been directly related to the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Address &#8211; ETH 0x098B716B8Aaf21512996dC57EB0615e2383E2f96<\/p>\n<p>Address &#8211; ETH 0x098B716B8Aaf21512996dC57EB0615e2383E2f96<\/p>\n<p>Address &#8211; ETH 0xa0e1c89Ef1a489c9C7dE96311eD5Ce5D32c20E4B<\/p>\n<p>Address &#8211; ETH 0x3Cffd56B47B7b41c56258D9C7731ABaDc360E073<\/p>\n<p>Address &#8211; ETH 0x53b6936513e738f44FB50d2b9476730C0Ab3Bfc1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Chances are that the address now holding 33.568k ETH (0x35fB6f6DB4fb05e6A4cE86f2C93691425626d4b1) will soon be added to the list in the days to follow.<\/p>\n<h2>Ethereum Mixer, Tornado Cash, Adheres to Sanctions<\/h2>\n<p>Every since the hack happened in late March, the perpetrators of the Axie Infinity hack have been successfully using the popular Ethereum mixer of Tornado Cash to launder their ill-gotten wealth. The team at PeckShield has been actively tracking the movement of funds from a majority of Ethereum addresses linked to the hackers.<\/p>\n<p>One such example can be found below, where 2,900 ETH was sent to Tornado Cash via an intermediary address that has yet to be added to the sanction list.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PeckShieldAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#PeckShieldAlert<\/a> ~2,900 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">$ETH<\/a> (~$8.7m) into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TornadoCash?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@TornadoCash<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ronin_Network?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@Ronin_Network<\/a> exploiters<br \/>Intermediary address: 0xBc5639887283eaF1B8E966e0b2fa6998D2ec6404 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0HfGDEJ8Qp\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/0HfGDEJ8Qp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeckShieldAlert\/status\/1514897270327869444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The team at Tornado Cash has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ethereumworldnews.com\/tornado-cash-blocks-ethereum-address-linked-to-axie-infinity-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their commitment<\/a> to adhere to the sanctioned list from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury. However, the question now remains whether the OFAC can keep up with the speed at which the Lazarus group is continually moving the stolen funds to new addresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: The Ronin Network, Axie Infinity hackers, have transferred 33,568.152 ETH to a new address 61,253.416 ETH now remains in the Ethereum address that stored the initial funds from the hack The US Treasury has intensified sanctions aimed at blocking Ethereum addresses associated with the hack Decentralized mixing platforms such as Tornado Cash have complied with the sanctions The Ronin Network, Axie Infinity hackers have transferred 33,568.152 ETH from the original Ethereum address used to orchestrate the attack. 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