Atomic Wallet hacker sends funds to the Sinbad crypto mixer
Previously, this service was actively used by North Korean hackers from the Lazarus Group
06.06.2023 - 11:20
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Elliptic’s Investigations Team has traced funds from the $35 million Atomic Wallet hack to Sinbad.io, a mixer used to launder over $100 million in cryptoassets stolen by North Korea’s Lazarus Group.
Over $35 million has reportedly been stolen from users of Atomic Wallet, a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet service with five million users worldwide. In a June 3rd tweet, the service acknowledged reports of compromised wallets, before confirming that “less than 1%” of users had been impacted.
At Elliptic, we have identified a large number of impacted wallets, meaning that the stolen funds can be traced in our software. Exchanges and other crypto businesses using Elliptic’s tools will be alerted if they receive proceeds of the theft. We continue to collaborate with Atomic Wallet and others to identify the stolen funds.
Elliptic’s Investigations Team is also following the transaction trail, and has determined that the stolen funds are being swapped for Bitcoin, before being laundered through the Sinbad.io mixer.
Previous Elliptic research revealed that Sinbad has been used intensively to launder over $100 million in proceeds of hacks perpetrated by North Korea’s Lazarus Group. This includes assets from the $540 million Axie Infinity hack and $100 million Horizon Bridge attack.
Elliptic’s analysis also suggests that Sinbad.io is likely to be a re-branded version of Blender.io, another mixer heavily used to launder Lazarus Group funds. Blender was the first such service to be sanctioned by the US Department of the Treasury, due to its use by North Korea.
Elliptic will continue to monitor the and update our system with new information on stolen funds.
This material is taken from the website https://hub.elliptic.co.
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