Drift exploiter moves $44M through Tornado Cash after months

A wallet tied to the $285 million Drift Protocol exploit moved 23,095.1 Ether, worth about $44.4 million, into Tornado Cash after roughly three months of inactivity. Summary Drift’s exploiter deposited 23,095 ETH into Tornado Cash after remaining inactive for three months. ZachXBT declined further tracking, citing resources required to monitor and freeze a nine-figure DPRK theft. Drift previously announced a recovery bounty program with Arkham and Bybit, contrary to online claims. The same address sent 0.85 ETH to wallets labeled as Bybit deposit addresses, according to Etherscan records and monitoring attributed to PeckShield. Transfers began on July 23 and continued into July 24, on-chain records show. Researcher JL, known as 0xJaelle, flagged the movement and tagged ZachXBT. The investigator replied that he did not plan to keep following the funds without institutional support. Drift exploiter empties an Ethereum wallet The Etherscan address labeled “Drift Exploiter 4” processed hundreds of transactions during the movement. Records show repeated deposits of 100 ETH, 10 ETH and 1 ETH into the Tornado Cash router. Four other transfers totaling 0.85 ETH went to addresses labeled as...