Law enforcement recovers $30 million from Ronin Bridge hack with the help of ...
Chainalysis Crypto Incident Response team helped law enforcement trace stolen funds to cash out points and for their subsequent freeze. On Thursday, blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis said that law enforcement had recovered $30 million in crypto stolen from the $625 million Ronin Bridge hack in March. According to Chainalysis, Lazarus Group, the North-Korea linked entity behind the attacks, first used sophisticated money-laundering techniques such as sending stolen Ether (ETH) to crypto-mixer Tornado Cash, swapping it for Bitcoin (BTC), sending theBitcoin to Tornado Cash, and then....
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The company behind the popular non-fungible token (NFT) game Axie Infinity, Sky Mavis, celebrated the re-launch of its Ronin Bridge. This cross-chain platform powers the game and allows users to deposit, stake, withdraw, and access other features. The bridge was drained out of $600 million in March 2022. Related Reading | Harmony Hacker Is Using Tornado […]
The popular blockchain game Axie Infinity has been left shaking after the $650 million Ronin bridge hack. The studio behind the game, Sky Mavis, has been taking multiple measures to try to secure the network and win back the confidence of users. The latest move announced is a $1 million bug bounty program that invites white hat hackers to stress test the blockchain. Co-Founder and COO of Sky Mavis and Axie announced: “Calling all whitehats in the blockchain space. The Sky Mavis Bug Bounty program is here. Help us keep the Ronin Network secure while earning a bounty up to $1,000,000....
"We are in touch with security teams at major exchanges and will be reaching out to all in the coming days," said the team at Ronin. According to Axie Infinity's official Discord and Ronin Network's official Twitter thread, along with its Substack page, the Ronin bridge and Katana Dex have been halted after suffering an exploit for 173,600 Ethereum (ETH) and 25.5 million USD Coin (USDC), worth a combined $612 million at Tuesday's prices. In a statement, its developers said they are "currently working with law enforcement officials, forensic cryptographers and our investors to make sure....
According to the U.S. Treasury and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the recent Ronin bridge hack may have been tied to the North Korean hacker syndicate called Lazarus Group. Federal law enforcement officials have tied the flagged ethereum address connected with the Ronin bridge exploit to the group of hackers and added the crypto address to OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals And Blocked Persons list (SDN).
Ronin Bridge Exploiter’s Address Added to OFAC’s SDN List
On April 14, the U.S. government published an OFAC SDN list update which....
The Ethereum based bridge Ronin was hacked for $600 million in digital assets or 173,600 ETH and $25 million in USDC. This attack has become the largest in the history of decentralized finances (DeFi), surpassing the Poly Network hack which also exploited a bridge-rooted vulnerability. Related Reading | BadgerDAO Pulls A Poly Network As It […]