In a recent update, the hacker who stole $20 million from the US government’s crypto wallet returned $19.2 million. The sum, divided by 13.19M $aUSDC and 2,408 $ETH, was sent back to the government wallet.
Earlier today an estimated $20 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from the US government as reported by Arkham Intelligence. The stolen funds were related to the Oxc9E. The same account also received assets from the accounts involved in the 2016 Bitfinex Hack.
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: $𝟭𝟵𝗠 𝗨𝗦 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱
The US Government’s address has just received $19.3M back following yesterday’s reported hack, less than 24 hours after the initial address breach.
88% of the compromised USD value has now been… https://t.co/F8q6iikBrT pic.twitter.com/Vo7I7ZH9K1
— Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) October 25, 2024
Source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/hacker-gives-back-19-2m-to-the-us-government/