North Korean exploiters behind the Harmony Bridge attack continue to launder the funds stolen in June 2022. Reports by on-chain data revealed on Jan. 28 by blockchain tech sleuth ZachXBT, the perpetrators moved another $27.18 Million in Ethereum (ETH) (ETH) over the weekend.
The crypto tokens were transferred to 6 different cryptocurrency exchanges, noted ZachXBT in a Twitter thread, without disclosing which platforms had received the crypto tokens. 3 main addresses carried out the transactions.
Reports by ZachXBT, exchanges were notified about the funds transfer and part of the stolen assets were frozen. The movements made by the exploiters to launder the money were very similar to those taken on Jan. 13, when over $60 Million was laundered, noted the cryptocurrency detective.
Who’s active rn?
DPRK just finished laundering another $17.7m+ (11304 ETH) from the Harmony Bridge hack.
S/o to the exchanges who responded quickly on a weekend so funds may be frozen. pic.twitter.com/sUyUScHR4N
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 29, 2023
The funds were moved several 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 pointed out that “through our investigation, we were able to confirm that the Lazarus Group and APT38, cyber actors associated with the DPRK, are in charge of the theft of $100 Million of virtual currency from Harmony’s Horizon bridge.”
The Harmony Bridge facilitates transfer betwixt Harmony and the Ethereum (ETH) network, Binance Crypto exchange Chain and Bitcoin. A number of crypto tokens worth about $100 million were stolen from the platform on Jun. 23.
After the exploit, 85,700 Ether was processed through the Tornado Cash mixer and deposited at numerous addresses. On Jan. 13, the attackers started shifting around $60 Million worth of the stolen funds via the Ethereum-based privacy protocol RAILGUN. Reports by an analysis from cryptocurrency tracking platform MistTrack, 350 addresses have been associated with the attack through numerous exchanges in an effort to avoid identification.
Lazarus is a trending hacking syndicate that has been implicated in a number of key cryptocurrency industry breaches, including the $600 Million Ronin Bridge hack last March.
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