Key facts
- Wallets linked to the Drift exploit sent $46 million in Ether to Tornado Cash on Wednesday.
- The exploiter has now sent $109 million in Ether to Tornado Cash over two days.
- The funds represent nearly 37% of the $295 million stolen from Drift in April.
- The Drift hack is the third-largest crypto hack this year.
- The exploiter's wallets still hold approximately $138 million in Ether.
Wallets associated with the $295 million Drift Protocol hack sent an additional $46 million worth of Ether to the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash on Wednesday. This latest transfer, comprising 18,800 Ether, follows a $61 million deposit made on Tuesday. The combined transfers over two days amount to 44,510 Ether, valued at approximately $109 million, according to blockchain data tracker Onchain Lens. These transactions make the funds harder to trace and represent nearly 37% of the total stolen from the Solana-based decentralized exchange in April. The Drift hack is currently the third-largest crypto hack of the year. Following Wednesday's transfers, the exploiter's wallets still hold an estimated 56,569 Ether, valued at around $138 million, according to Arkham data. Drift, now operating as Velocity, began offering claims for its DFX recovery token on October 1.