ZachXBT says an EU entity was apparently attacked on 1 November, with more than $106m stolen from centralised exchange accounts. He says the suspected attacker is swapping USDC for ETH and monero and moving funds across chains via bridges.
The story so far: Suspected EU entity crypto hack
ZachXBT says an EU entity was apparently attacked on 1 November, with over $106m stolen from centralised exchange accounts and funds swapped into ETH and monero. He now reports more than $27m in further abnormal withdrawals, bringing the total above $133m, with over $30m laundered before EU authorities acted.
ZachXBT says EU entity suspected of losing over $106m in attack
ZachXBT says an EU entity was apparently attacked on 1 November, with more than $106m stolen from centralised exchange accounts. He says the suspected attacker is swapping USDC for ETH and monero and moving funds across chains via bridges.
ZachXBT says suspected hacked EU entity hit by another $27m in withdrawals
ZachXBT says a European institution previously suspected of being hacked saw more than $27m in further abnormal withdrawals from centralised exchanges, bringing the total to over $133m. He says the victim may be a large Western European financial institution concealing the incident, and that over $30m was laundered before EU authorities could act.
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