The hacker behind the exploit didn’t use any mixer services or decentralized exchanges.
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance froze $4.2 million worth of XRP from the $112 million hack on Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s personal wallet on Jan. 31, making it the largest hack of 2024 so far.
In a post on social media platform X, Binance CEO Richard Teng revealed that the exchange froze the address of the exploiter and thanked on-chain sleuth ZachXBT and the Ripple team for their coordination and help.
Thomas Silkjær, the head of analytics and compliance at the XRP Ledger Foundation, responded to Teng’s post, claiming it was the foundation that first investigated the issue.
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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/binance-froze-4-2-m-xrp-ripple-chris-larsen