Sky Mavis co-founder Jeffrey Zirlin reported that two personal wallets were hacked. The attackers managed to withdraw 3,248 ETH worth about $9.7 million.
This has been a tough morning for me.
Two of my addresses have been compromised.
The attack is limited to my personal accounts, and has nothing to do with validation or operations of the Ronin chain.
Additionally, the leaked keys have nothing to do with Sky Mavis operations.…
— Jihoz.ron 🦌 (@Jihoz_Axie) February 23, 2024
According to PeckShield, hackers withdrew funds from the Ronin bridge and have already transferred them to the Tornado Cash cryptomixer.
#PeckShieldAlert It appears a whale wallet has been compromised, & ~3,248 $ETH (worth ~$9.7m) from the #Ronin Bridge was withdrawn and transferred to #TornadoCash pic.twitter.com/sRK36BQFDu
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) February 23, 2024
Another Sky Mavis co-founder Alexander Leonard Larsen also statedthat there is no problem with Ronin, and the wallet was compromised in a way that “happens on every blockchain.”
In March 2022, hackers from the Lazarus Group used an exploit in the Ronin code and withdrew crypto assets with a total value of approximately $625 million.
A year after the incident, Sky Mavis announced plans to increase decentralization and enter into cooperation with other studios to develop games based on the network.
Source: Cryptocurrency
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