Notorious hacking organization Lazarus Group is suspected to be moving stolen funds from the DMM Bitcoin’s $305 million hack on May 30.
Over $35 million in funds from a cryptocurrency exchange hack in May has reportedly been moved to the online marketplace “Huione Guarantee” this month.
The hackers behind the $305 million cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin hack in May have reportedly laundered more than $35 million at an online marketplace in Cambodia so far this month.to cryptocurrency sleuth ZachXBT, the funds have been laundered to Huione Guarantee, which operates in Cambodia and has been linked to the nation’s “ruling Hun family,” blockchain forensics firm Elliptic
The marketplace has transacted $11 billion worth of crypto from hacks, pig butchering scams and other exploits, according to Elliptic. “It is suspected that Lazarus Group is behind the hack due to similarities in laundering techniques and off chain indicators,” said ZachXBT.The hackers have been depositing the stolen Bitcoin to privacy mixers, withdrawing that Bitcoin and bridging those funds to Ethereum or Avalanche via the cross-chain liquidity protocol THORChain.This is the same wallet that extracted about $14 million from the DMM Bitcoin hack over the course of three days, ZachXBT noted.
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