Hackers who drained FTX and FTX USA of over $450 million worth of assets just moments after the doomed crypto exchange filed for bankruptcy on Nov. 11, continue to move assets around in an attempt to launder the money.
A crypto analyst who goes by ZachXBT on Twitter alleged that the FTX hackers have transferred a portion of the stolen funds to the OKX exchange, after using the Bitcoin mixer ChipMixer. The analyst reported that at least 225 BTC — worth $4.1 million USD — has been sent to OKX so far.
1/ Өзүм жана @bax1337 өткөн дем алыш күндөрү FTX чабуулчусунун ChipMixerге депозиттерин карап өткөрдү.
CMден чыккандан кийин, алар уурдалган FTX каражаттарынын бир бөлүгүн OKXге өткөрүп беришкен окшойт.
Буга чейин биз OKXге жөнөтүлгөн кеминде 4.1 миллион долларды (255 BTC) эсептедик pic.twitter.com/C46JZWtktn
— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) November 29, 2022
According to ZachXBT, the FTX hacker first began depositing BTC into ChipMixer on Nov. 20, after using Ren Bridge, a protocol that acts as a bridge for cryptocurrencies. In his analysis, ZachXBT shared that he had observed a pattern with addresses receiving funds from ChipMixer. According to him, each of the addresses follows a similar pattern; “withdrawal from CM”, “50% peels off” and then “50% deposited to OKX”.
Following the discovery of the deposits made to the OKX exchange, the Director of OKX shared on Twitter that; “OKX is aware of the situation, and the team is investigating the wallet flow.”
#OKX кырдаалдан кабардар болуп, команда капчыктын агымын иликтеп жатат.
— lennixlai.eth (OKX) (@LennixOKX) November 29, 2022
On Nov, 12, Cointelegraph reported that the hack was flagged FTX банкрот деп жарыялагандан кийин. Ошол учурда 663 миллион доллардын 477 миллион доллары уурдалган деп шектелсе, калганы FTX өзү тарабынан коопсуз сактоочу жайга көчүрүлгөн деп болжолдонууда.
On Nov. 20, the hacker began transferring their Ether (ETH) holding to a new wallet address. The FTX wallet drainer was the 27th largest ETH holder after the hack, but dropped by 10 positions after dumping 50,000 ETH.
The fact that hackers managed to drain assets from FTX global and FTX.US at the same time, despite these two entities being completely independent, became a hot topic of discussion within the crypto community, and raised speculations about it possibly being an inside job.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ftx-hacker-reportedly-transfers-a-portion-of-stolen-funds-to-okx-after-using-bitcoin-mixer