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North Korean exploiters behind the onslaught of the Harmony Bridge continue to launder stolen funds in June 2022. According to January's chain data. 28 by blockchain sleuth zachxbt, the authors moved an additional $27.18 million into ethereum () over the weekend.
The tokens were transferred to six different crypto exchanges, noted ZachXBT in a Twitter thread, without disclosing which platforms had received the tokens. Three main addresses transacted.
According to Zachxbt, the exchanges were advised of the transfer of funds and a portion of the stolen property was frozen. The exploiters' movements to launder money were very similar to those captured on Jan. 13, where more than 60 million dollars have been laundered, noted the crypto detective.
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The DPRK has just laundered another $17.7 million (11,304 EPF) of the Harmony Bridge piracy.
N/A to the scholarships that responded quickly over the weekend to allow funds to be frozen. pic.twitter.com/sUyUScHR4N
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 29, 2023
The funds were moved a few days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed the Lazarus Group and APT38 as the criminals behind the $100 million hack. In a statement, the FBI noted that “through our investigation, we were able to confirm that the Lazarus Group and APT38, cyber actors associated with the DPRK, are responsible for the theft of $100 million of virtual currency from Harmony’s Horizon bridge.”
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The Bridge of Harmony facilitates the transfer between Harmony and Ethereum, BINANCE Chain and Bitcoin. A number of tokens worth about $100 million were stolen from the platform on Jun. 23.
As a result of the feat, 85700 Ether were processed by the Tornado Cash mixer and delivered to several addresses. On January 13, hackers began transferring approximately $60 million of stolen funds via the ethereum railgun-based confidentiality protocol. According to an analysis from crypto tracking platform MistTrack, 350 addresses have been associated with the attack through many exchanges in an attempt to avoid identification.
Lazarus is a well-known hacking syndicate that has been implicated in a number of key crypto industry breaches, including the $600 million Ronin Bridge hack last March.
