Chainalysis recuperéiert $ 30M verbonne mat Axie Infinity's Ronin Hack

Blockchain analysis company Chainalysis announced Thursday that it had recovered Méi wéi $ 30 Milliounen tied to Axie Infinity’s Ronin network hack, which Schlësselen Enn Mäerz.

Chainalysis Joins Forces with Law Enforcement 

Erin Plante, the senior director of investigations at Chainalysis, revealed the information at the ongoing Axie Infinity conference in Spain, where she said:

"Mat der Hëllef vu Gesetzesvollzéier a féierende Organisatiounen an der Krypto-Währungsindustrie goufe méi wéi $ 30 Millioune Wäert u Krypto-Währungen, déi vun Nordkoreanesch-verbonne Hacker geklaut sinn, festgeholl. Dëst markéiert déi éischte Kéier iwwerhaapt, datt d'Krypto-Währung, déi vun enger nordkoreanescher Hacking-Grupp geklaut gouf, festgeholl gouf, a mir sinn zouversiichtlech datt et net déi lescht wäert sinn.

Plante further said that the recovered funds represented about 10% of the total stolen funds, according to current trading prices. 

Recall that crypto exchange Binance had helped to recuperéieren $ 5.8 Milliounen worth of funds connected to the hack a month after the exploit. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao acknowledged that his company was able to seize the assets even though the hackers transferred the funds to the exchange using 86 different accounts.

It is also noteworthy that the infamous North Korean hacking group, Lazarus, was vermeintlech behind the hack. The conclusion was drawn when the U.S. Treasury Department discovered that the Ethereum address that conducted the exploit was the same as the address of the infamous hacking group.

Last month, Tornado Cash, the crypto mixer used by the hacking team to launder the proceeds, war sanktionéiert by the department.

The $625 Million Hack

In March, the hacking group exploited five of the nine private keys owned by the transaction validators of the Ronin Netzwierk. Only six days later did the team discover the attack on the bridge. At the time, however, the project had faced a loss of $625 million worth of funds, placing it in the position of the largest hack of the year.

In June, the team behind the Ronin network and the popular Spill-ze-verdéngen Spill, Sky Mavis, nei opgemaach the bridge three months after its closure. Upon its reopening, users were once again able to access their funds.

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