Hacker steals over 550 BNB from CoW Swap
DEX protocol CoW Swap has lost over 550 BNB worth around $181,600 to hackers according to reports by blockchain security firm PeckShield In a recent assault, the decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol CoW Swap lost at least 550 BNB due to a contract vulnerability that permitted money transfers from the platform. MevRefund, a blockchain surveyor, noted […]
Deribit Attack: Hackers move stolen Ether via Tornado Cash mixer
Following the $28 million Deribit hack, an unidentified hacker has transferred 1,610 ETH (worth over $2.5 million) to Tornado Cash, a decentralized cryptocurrency mixer. According to information from the Ethereum block explorer Etherscan, the Deribit hot wallet hacker sent 1,610 Ether, or almost $2.5 million, to Tornado Cash. The money moved over the course of […]
Tornado Cash: How Americans Can Recover Lost Crypto
Last month, Tornado Cash was added to the Treasury’s blacklist of banned items . The Treasury Department said Tuesday that people who live in the United States and have money locked up in Tornado Cash can apply for a license to get their money back.The U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions watchdog, the Office of Foreign Asset […]
Dutch judge jails Tornado Cash developer for 3 months
A Dutch judge has ordered Alexey Pertsev, the alleged developer of Tornado Cash, to stay in jail for at least three months. Following his detention, Pertsev, developer of Tornado cash, was sent to court, where the judge ordered that he remain imprisoned for the following 14 days while authorities conducted their inquiries. He returned to […]
Tether refuses to freeze sanctioned Tornado Cash addresses
Stablecoin issuer Tether has said that it will not freeze Tornado Cash accounts that were sanctioned except if it gets a directive from law enforcement to do so. As of Wednesday, cryptocurrency trail-mixer Tornado Cash’s smart contract addresses that were sanctioned by the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. […]