On September 8, crypto security and smart contract auditing firm Certic sent 500,000 DAI through the Tornado cash mixing platform after the funds were stolen in August 2021. The digital assets first emerged from the DAO creator breach, which saw additional losses of more than $7 million in ERC20 tokens and stablecoins.
Address Directly Linked to DAO Maker Hack Sends 500,000 DAI in Tornado Cash
Although the US government has banned the Ethereum-based mingling app Tornado Cash, the app is still being used regularly. On Thursday, crypto security company Certic tweeted about DAI’s activity at 7:30 pm (ET). “We are seeing movement from 500,000 DAI to Tornado Cash from EOA 0x0B789,” Certik he said.. The address is directly linked to the DAO Maker exploit that stole the money. [the DAO Maker]. Goodbye there.”
DAO Maker is a decentralized finance (defi) application and is not the same project as Makerdao, the stablecoin DAI issuer. Crypto-fueled fundraising protocol DAO Maker was hacked in August 2021, according to an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) event involving DAO Maker CEO Christophe Zaknu. The hackers were able to withdraw $7 million in ERC20 tokens and stablecoins from 5,251 user accounts. At the time, blockchain company Cipherblade detailed that it was conducting an investigation into the DAO Maker exploit.
In addition to Certic, crypto security firm Peckshield has confirmed that it sent 500,000 DAI in Tornado Cash in August 2021 from a DAO Maker exploit. “DAO Maker exploiter found address posted to transfer 500K DAI to Tornado Cash,” PeckShield Alert System tweeted. It is mentioned. It’s been 32 days since the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) blocked Tornado Cash.
OFAC’s move to ban Tornado Cash has come under fire over the Treasury Department’s decision. The nonprofit Coin Center, which focuses on policy issues, said on August 15 that OFAC’s Tornado Cash ban “exceeds the statutory authority” and that the organization plans to “join” with the Treasury watchdog. Additionally, Coinbase announced on September 8 that the company is “supporting a lawsuit filed by six individuals challenging the US Treasury Department’s Tornado Cash smart contracts.”
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