HECO Chain exploiter anonymizes $145M of Ether on Tornado Cash in 8 days

In its largest transaction, the HECO Chain exploiter sent 11,300 ETH — over $39.5 million — in one go.

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A crypto wallet address linked to the HECO Chain exploiter transferred and anonymized nearly 40,392 Ether (ETH) over the crypto-mixing protocol Tornado Cash within eight days.

According to crypto investigator PeckShield, the HECO Chain exploiter made 19 outbound transfers to Tornado Cash addresses in an attempt to make approximately $145.7 million worth of stolen Ether nearly impossible to trace back.

The majority of the funds were sent to a single Tornado Cash address, while one transaction of 0.2 ETH worth $699 was sent separately to a different address in Tornado Cash.

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