A hacker who stole over $230 million in cryptocurrency from Indian exchange WazirX in July is continuing to launder the stolen Ethereum (ETH), according to blockchain security firm PeckShield. The firm noted that an address linked to the hacker transferred 5,000 ETH (around $12 million) to a new wallet, which then laundered about 1,600 ETH (around $3.86 million) through the Ethereum-based coin mixing service Tornado Cash. Earlier this week, another address linked to the WazirX hack moved 2,600.1 ETH (around $6.5 million) to Tornado Cash. The hacker’s haul from the WazirX heist included $52.5 million in Ethereum, $102 million in Shiba Inu, $11.24 million in Polygon, $7.6 million in Pepe, $3.5 million in Gala, and $5.79 million in Tether. Crypto investigator ZachXBT believes the hack can be traced back to North Korea’s infamous digital asset hacking group, The Lazarus Group.
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