{"id":531811,"date":"2022-12-27T22:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/u-s-department-of-justice-probing-372m-ftx-exploit-report\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T22:14:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T19:14:55","slug":"u-s-department-of-justice-probing-372m-ftx-exploit-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-department-of-justice-probing-372m-ftx-exploit-report\/","title":{"rendered":"# U.S. Department of Justice probing $372M FTX exploit &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a415c5855359\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a415c5855359\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/u-s-department-of-justice-probing-372m-ftx-exploit-report\/#%E2%80%9D_US_Department_of_Justice_probing_372M_FTX_exploit_%E2%80%93_Report_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; U.S. Department of Justice probing $372M FTX exploit &#8211; Report &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_US_Department_of_Justice_probing_372M_FTX_exploit_%E2%80%93_Report_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; U.S. Department of Justice probing $372M FTX exploit &#8211; Report &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMTIvZDJmZDQ5ZGUtMDk2Mi00YTFlLTkwZDEtZTZjMDhkYjllYzk4LmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-71d2d00b>According to a Bloomberg report <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-12-27\/us-probes-how-372-million-vanished-in-hack-after-ftx-bankruptcy?leadSource=uverify%20wall\">published<\/a> on Dec. 27, the U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the whereabouts of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roximately $372 million in missing digital assets from now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX and FTX US. On Nov. 12, amidst bankruptcy and internal collapse, FTX warned customers of abnormal wallet activity regarding at least 228,523 Ether (ETH) transferred out of the exchange from an unknown perpetrator.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Nov. 11, or the night of the company&#8217;s bankruptcy filing, FTX US&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> counsel Ryne Miller confirmed that the transactions were unauthorized and that the subsidiary exchange had moved all crypto to cold wallets as a precaution. On Nov. 20, blockchain forensics firm Elliptic wrote that the unauthorized transfers amounted to $477 million, and the unknown perpetrator swapped the stolen Ether for RenBTC, before being bridged to Bitcoin through the RenBridge service. Ren was acquired by FTX-linked hedge fund Alameda Research last year and has been alleged by Elliptic to &#8220;launder hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried claimed that the incident was perpetrated by either a former FTX employee or someone who had unauthorized access to a former employee&#8217;s computer. &#8220;I&#8217;ve narrowed it down to like eight people. I don&#8217;t know which one it was,&#8221; he said in an interview with citizen journalist Tiffany Fong.<\/p>\n<p>In the issue&#8217;s last known update on Nov. 29, crypto analyst zachXBT alleged that a portion of the stolen funds were transferred to Singapore-based exchange OKX using a Bitcoin mixer. Lennix Lai, director of OKX, responded: &#8220;#OKX is aware of the situation, and the team is investigating the wallet flow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OKX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OKX<\/a> is aware of the situation, and the team is investigating the wallet flow.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 lennixlai.eth (OKX) (@LennixOKX) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LennixOKX\/status\/1597643311350951938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"defi_newsletter\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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