BlockchainanalyticsfirmArkhamIntelligencerevealedthat$20millionincryptocurrencyhasbeensuspiciouslymovedfromaUSgovernment-linkedwallet,potentiallyindicatingacompromise.InapostonX,Arkhamwrote,“USGovernmentlinkedaddressappearstohavebeencompromisedfor$20M.”
USGovernmentCryptoWalletHacked
TheUSgovernmentwalletstillholds$14.23billionincryptoassets.Theaffectedwallet,identifiedas0xc9E6…C34c,containedassetsinUSDC,USDT,aUSDC,andEthereum(ETH),apartofwhichwerestolenbyhackers.Arkhamnotedthattheaddressreceived“USGseizedfundslinkedtotheBitfinexhackersfrom9separateUSGseizureaddresses,including0xE2F699AB099e97Db1CF0b13993c31C7ee42FB2ac,anaddressnamedinthecourtdocumentsrelatingtotheBitfinexseizure.”
Thefundshavereportedlybeentransferredtoanattacker’swallet,0x348…A9f.Arkhamstatedthattheattacker“hasbegunsellingthefundstoETH”andbelievesthattheproceedsarebeinglaunderedthrough“suspiciousaddresseslinkedtoamoneylaunderingservice.”
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$20MinUSDC,USDT,aUSDCandETHhasbeensuspiciouslymovedfromaUSG-linkedaddress0xc9E6E51C7dA9FF1198fdC5b3369EfeDA9b19C34cto…pic.twitter.com/UXn1atE1Wx
—Arkham(@ArkhamIntel)October24,2024
TheUSgovernmenthasnotyetissuedapublicstatementabouttheincident,andthefullextentofthebreachremainsunclear.Investigationsarelikelyongoingtotracethelaunderedassets.
OverviewofStolenAssets
Afewhoursago,theUSgovernment’saddresswitnessedamassivetransferof$13.70millionworthofAUSDC.Inaddition,thecryptohackersalsoshifted$5.45millionofUSDC.
Moreover,$1.125millioninUSDTwasstolen.Whilst,thelasttransactionsawthemovementof177.892ETH,valuedat$446,920,tothesuspectedaddress.Currently,thefundsarebeinglaunderedwiththeexactdestinationbeinguncertain.
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