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CertiK has just identified $63 million in stolen funds flowing through the Tornado Cash mixer following last week’s $282 million wallet compromise. The attacker used “textbook” laundering tactics, bridging Bitcoin to Ethereum and splitting the funds into small chunks to avoid being caught. This massive theft started with a social engineering attack where the victim mistakenly shared their seed phrase with a fake support staff. Last week on 10 January, a massive hack drained $282 million from a single crypto wallet.  Although the funds initially seemed lost forever, CertiK’s latest forensic data now shows where a portion of the money sits. Their systems flagged a surge in laundering activity on Tornado Cash this week and directly tied it to the stolen assets. Tracking the Tornado Cash Laundering Path According to CertiK analysts, roughly $63 million has already moved through the privacy mixer. This amount is only a fraction of the total loss, but it shows that the theft was an organized effort, and the hacker(s) are attempting to erase the digital paper trail.  CertiK researchers mapped out where the money could be right now, and their findings show that the attacker started with Bitcoin but quickly moved to the Ethereum network.  On January 10, 2026 at around 11 pm UTC a victim lost $282M+ worth of LTC & BTC due to a hardware wallet social engineering scam. The attacker began converting the stolen LTC & BTC to Monero via multiple instant exchanges causing the XMR price to sharply increase. BTC was also… — ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 16, 2026 Data shows that 686 BTC moved across a cross-chain bridge, and this resulted in approximately 19,600 ETH arriving at a single address. Once the funds reached Ethereum, the hacker started to launder the funds via Tornado cash. CertiK also noted that the…

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Filed under: News - @ January 19, 2026 9:26 pm