{"id":542727,"date":"2023-01-24T00:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/crypto-tracker-picks-up-trail-of-funds-heisted-from-harmony-bridge-in-june\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T00:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T21:15:00","slug":"crypto-tracker-picks-up-trail-of-funds-heisted-from-harmony-bridge-in-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/crypto-tracker-picks-up-trail-of-funds-heisted-from-harmony-bridge-in-june\/","title":{"rendered":"# Crypto tracker picks up trail of funds heisted from Harmony Bridge in June"},"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-6a412a9f4d7dc\" 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-6a412a9f4d7dc\" 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\/crypto-tracker-picks-up-trail-of-funds-heisted-from-harmony-bridge-in-june\/#%E2%80%9D_Crypto_tracker_picks_up_trail_of_funds_heisted_from_Harmony_Bridge_in_June_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Crypto tracker picks up trail of funds heisted from Harmony Bridge in June &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Crypto_tracker_picks_up_trail_of_funds_heisted_from_Harmony_Bridge_in_June_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Crypto tracker picks up trail of funds heisted from Harmony Bridge in June &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMtMDEvMzliNjhhMjYtMmMxYS00ZTc5LWIzYjYtYzM1YzFiMTZmM2ZjLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-5a4050f8>Crypto tracking platform MistTrack has followed funds taken in the Harmony bridge hack,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1sfoNtAkDuHBPt5b29Xqiz9AXC1Zge7yLJCLltEAIesg\/edit#gid=0\">publishing<\/a>\u00a0a list of\u00a0350 addresses associated with the attack. North Korea\u2019s state-sponsored Lazarus Group is thought to be behind the hack. According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> thread posted on Jan. 23, the funds were transferred through various exchanges in an effort to elude trackers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Funds in a number of tokens worth about $100 million were stolen from the Harmony bridge on June 23, then quickly sw<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>ed for Bitcoin (BTC), according to MistTrack, and returned to the wallet they had originally been transferred to. The bridge facilitates transfer between Harmony and the Ethereum network, Binance Chain and Bitcoin. Harmony offered $1 million for the return of the funds, but the offer was not accepted.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, the hackers, who were later identified as the North Korean Lazarus Group, ran 85,700 Ether (ETH) through the Tornado Cash mixer and deposited them at several addresses, where they remained until Jan. 13, when they were transferred to a Railgun, a privacy system on Ethereum that provides anonymization.  From there, they were transferred to the addresses identified. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New Updates on the Harmony Bridge Hack <\/p>\n<p>On June 23rd of 2022, the Harmony bridge fell victim to a devastating attack that resulted in a loss of approximately $100 million.<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rlcl8Jj0s2\">https:\/\/t.co\/Rlcl8Jj0s2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MistTrack\ufe0f (@MistTrack_io) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MistTrack_io\/status\/1617521823067025408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Other funds were transferred to the Avalanche (AVAX) blockchain, where they were exchanged for Tether (USDT) or Tron\u2019s USDD token, and eventually deposited into addresses on the Ethereum and Tron networks. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: \u2018Nobody is holding them back\u2019 \u2014 North Korean cyber-attack threat rises<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some progress has been made on recovering the stolen funds. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) announced via Twitter on Jan. 15 that 121 BTC had been recovered from the Huobi exchange after Binance detected their presence there.<\/p>\n<p>Harmony proposed minting new native ONE tokens to reimburse some of the 65,000 wallets that had suffered losses from the hack, but that idea proved unpopular and instead it <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harmonyprotocol\/status\/1573086847533809664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">announced<\/a> a plan in September to reimburse the losses out of its treasury. In November, Harmony <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harmonyprotocol\/status\/1596165898351484928?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">said<\/a> it was adding seven coins from the compromised bridge that were unaffected by the hack to its new LayerZero bridge, thus making it possible for holders of the coins to move them off the network. <\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Tom Blackstone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"law_decoded\"><\/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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North Korea\u2019s state-sponsored Lazarus Group is thought to be behind the hack. 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