ChainCatcher message, zkLend official stated on platform X: "Last night, the attacker of zkLend attempted to use Tornado Cash to mix 2,930 ETH of stolen funds and interacted with a known Tornado Cash phishing site, resulting in the funds being transferred to another party. This phishing site appears to have been operating for over 5 years.Currently, the security team has no conclusive evidence linking the phishing site to the attacker. As a precaution, we have included the new wallet addresses from the phishing site in our fund tracking efforts. Since last night, there has been a significant flow of funds from the wallet addresses controlled by the attacker. The security team and the zkLend team have been monitoring in real-time and are in contact with cryptocurrency exchanges (CEX) and relevant authorities. We will continue to work on tracking these funds."

ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by SlowMist founder Yu Xian, after the zkLend hacker accidentally clicked on a phishing website, resulting in the theft of 2930 ETH in illicit funds, the hacker sent an on-chain message to zkLend stating, "Hello, I intended to transfer the funds to Tornado Cash, but I mistakenly used a phishing website, and as a result, all the funds are lost. I am devastated. I deeply apologize for the chaos and loss caused. All 2930 ETH has been taken by the operators of that website. I no longer have any coins left. Please direct your efforts towards those website operators to see if any funds can be recovered.This is my last message; perhaps ending this is the best choice. Again, I apologize."Previous news, according to monitoring by SlowMist Chief Information Security Officer @im23pds, the zkLend hacker (the original incident occurred in February) accidentally clicked on a phishing website while attempting to use Tornado Cash, resulting in the theft of 2930 ETH in illicit funds by that phishing website.

ChainCatcher news, according to the monitoring by SlowMist's Chief Information Security Officer @im23pds, the zkLend hacker (the original incident occurred in February) mistakenly clicked on a phishing site while trying to use Tornado Cash, resulting in the theft of 2,930 ETH by the phishing site.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal posted on the X platform stating that the U.S. Treasury's response to the Fifth Circuit Court's clear ruling that the Tornado Cash sanctions are illegal is "chaotic." Despite being ordered to lift the sanctions, the Treasury continues to attempt to delay the final judicial ruling through procedural means. He emphasized that the court should immediately declare the sanctions illegal and formally revoke them.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal criticized the U.S. Treasury's attempt to circumvent legal rulings regarding Tornado Cash by removing it from its global blacklist. He warned that without a final court ruling, there is no guarantee that Tornado Cash will not face sanctions again in the future.It is reported that the U.S. Treasury blacklisted Tornado Cash in 2022 due to its alleged involvement in laundering $445 million stolen by the Lazarus cybercrime group, but the appeals court ruled that blacklisting certain smart contracts is unconstitutional.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, the U.S. Treasury Department stated that since removing Tornado Cash from the sanctions list on March 21, the Tornado Cash lawsuit does not require a final ruling from the court.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, developer Gunboats has ported the Tornado Cash protocol to the MegaETH public testnet, which supports 20,000 transactions per second.Inspired by the U.S. Treasury's lifting of sanctions on Tornado Cash, Gunboats deployed it to MegaETH, naming it ETHTornado. He completed the port using the Truffle framework and stated that it is now easy to write Solidity smart contracts using Foundry.Gunboats believes such restrictions are meaningless and emphasizes that the current activity of ETHTornado is low, primarily due to the lack of a user-friendly frontend.

ChainCatcher news, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently expressed his views on social media regarding the U.S. Treasury's decision to lift sanctions on Tornado Cash: "No one wants to see bad actors using cryptocurrency. But privacy is an important feature for many law-abiding citizens, and you can't sanction open-source code (this is a free speech issue). I'm glad to see this issue resolved."He added, "We look forward to working with the Treasury to find ways to combat the approximately 0.1% of illegal activity in the cryptocurrency space (far lower than cash or the banking system) that align with U.S. laws and values."Previous news, according to the update announcement of the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list released by the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on March 21, several Ethereum addresses related to Tornado Cash have been removed from the sanctions list.

ChainCatcher news, according to the update announcement of the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list released by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on March 21, several Ethereum addresses related to Tornado Cash have been removed from the sanctions list.This update specifically mentions the Tornado Cash website and several Ethereum wallet addresses associated with it, including:0x12D66f87A04A9E220743712cE6d9bB1B5616B8Fc0x47CE0C6eD5B0Ce3d3A51fdb1C52DC66a7c3c29360x910Cbd523D972eb0a6f4cAe4618aD62622b39DbF0xA160cdAB225685dA1d56aa342Ad8841c3b53f2910xD4B88Df4D29F5CedD6857912842cff3b20C8CfaTornado Cash is a mixing protocol on Ethereum that allows users to conduct transactions anonymously. It was previously sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for allegedly providing a money laundering channel for illegal activities, such as those associated with North Korean hackers.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain detective ZachXBT's post on his personal channel, a highly credible investigation into Tornado Cash asset theft shows that on March 11, 2025, after using Tornado Cash for mixing, North Korean hackers used part of the ETH funds to purchase 437.6 billion PEPE, worth 3.1 million dollars. A more detailed analysis reveals that the North Korean hackers encountered asset theft using a compromised Tornado Cash user interface.Previous news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, three wallets made large purchases of 689.79 billion PEPE (total value of approximately 4.3 million dollars), and their funds all came from Tornado Cash.

According to ChainCatcher news, monitored by Lookonchain, 3 wallets made a large purchase of 68.979 billion PEPE (total value approximately 4.3 million USD) about 11 hours ago, and their funds all came from Tornado Cash.• Address 0x7A7D purchased 43.77 billion PEPE for 1,413.4 ETH (2.72 million USD)• Address 0x9212 purchased 15.858 billion PEPE for 1 million USD• Address 0x7779 purchased 9.351 billion PEPE for 299 ETH (574,000 USD)

ChainCatcher news, according to PeckShield monitoring, the Delta Prime hacker transferred 310 ETH to Tornado Cash. Delta Prime was hacked in November 2024, resulting in a loss of approximately 4.8 million dollars.

ChainCatcher news reports that, according to Global Ledger analysis, the stolen funds of $85 million from the cryptocurrency exchange Phemex are flowing through a series of transfers, protocols, and mixing services. The hackers have begun to split the funds into multiple new addresses and transfer them to the Tornado Cash mixer.The first batch of 2080 ETH (approximately $6 million) has been dispersed to 14 new addresses, with less than 4000 ETH remaining in the main attack wallet. The transfer method involves multiple hops and cross-chain interactions.In addition to directly transferring to Tornado Cash and eXch mixers to anonymize the funds, the hackers sometimes also use platforms like Wintermute, DLN Trade protocols, and THORChain to swap assets.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, a new report from Chainalysis indicates that illegal cryptocurrency activities in countries sanctioned by the U.S. have surged, receiving nearly $16 billion in digital assets last year, accounting for about 39% of illegal token transactions. 2024 is expected to be a year when these countries (especially Iran) surpass individuals in sanction-related activities.The report states: "As Western restrictions tighten, sanctioned countries are turning to cryptocurrencies and alternative financial systems to sustain trade and access capital." Additionally, the cryptocurrency mixing platform Tornado Cash, which faced crackdowns from U.S. authorities in 2023, is still able to process hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency transactions each month by 2024, although it has not yet returned to pre-sanction levels.

ChainCatcher message, Slow Mist's Yu Sen posted on platform X that the Mode network has frozen most of the assets stolen from Ionic, and those that were not intercepted have been laundered through Tornado Cash. In contrast, if Starknet had stepped in to help, the situation for zkLend could have been better. In fact, there is strong support for blockchain audits regarding large thefts occurring on their own networks.

ChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, after spending nine months in a Dutch prison, one of the developers of Tornado Cash, Alexey Pertsev, was temporarily released on Friday, but he still faces a 64-month (5 years and 4 months) sentence. In a recent positive turn of events, the court released Alexey Pertsev and placed him under house arrest and electronic monitoring until his trial date.Pertsev posted on the X platform: "Freedom is priceless, and my house arrest could only be achieved through the efforts of my lawyers, who are paid for by your donations. My struggle is not over, and for the ultimate victory and confidence, I still need everyone's help."Previous news, Tornado Cash developer Alexey Pertsev has been granted conditional release to appeal.

ChainCatcher news, according to Alexey Pertsev, the Dutch court has approved the suspension of his pre-trial detention, and he will be released on February 7 at 10:00, but will be subject to electronic monitoring.

ChainCatcher news, Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang announced that the firm will donate $1.25 million to support Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm's legal defense against a lawsuit in the United States.Huang wrote on X on Wednesday: "The prosecution's case threatens to hold software developers criminally liable for the misconduct of third parties, which would have a chilling effect on cryptocurrency and other fields. We must stand with Storm."Storm co-founded the Ethereum-based cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash with Roman Semenov, both of whom were charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2023 with money laundering-related offenses.Prosecutors claim that Storm "knowingly assisted" in laundering over $1 billion in illegal funds through the cryptocurrency mixer, including funds related to the North Korean cybercrime group Lazarus. The founders of Tornado Cash each face a maximum of 45 years in prison.