2024-10-7 23:51 |
The United States Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the Tornado Cash mixer in 2022 — accusing it of facilitating money laundering. origin »
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The WazirX exploiter continues to move thousands of the stolen assets across new wallets, with part of the latest batch laundered through crypto mixer Tornado Cash. Blockchain security platform Cyvers recently indexed the transfer of exactly 5,001 Ethereum (ETH) from…
2024-9-18 12:05 | |
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The WazirX exploiter has transferred 5,000 ETH to a new wallet and started laundering the funds through the crypto mixer Tornado Cash. According to PeckSheildAlert, the WazirX exploiter moved 5000 ETH (roughly $12 million) to a new address identified by…
2024-9-5 13:03 | |
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Judge Katherine Polk Failla postponed the trial of Roman Storm, co-founder of Tornado Cash. What is happening in this controversial case, and is the crypto mixer responsible for its users? Due to the case’s complexity, the co-founder of the notorious…
2024-7-18 18:42 | |
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Blockchain security firm Cyvers Alert reported a significant exploit on the DeFi lending protocol UwU Lend, which resulted in an approximately $19. 5 million loss. The attacker funded their wallet via the sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash.
2024-6-11 20:05 | |
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Once more, North Korea has demonstrated its cyber prowess, possibly undermining international sanctions by using cryptocurrencies. According to a recent assessment by UN sanctions monitors, North Korea is suspected of using the Tornado Cash platform to launder a whopping $148 million that was taken from a cryptocurrency exchange in March. This event highlights how difficult […]
2024-5-15 12:30 | |
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A Dutch court has sentenced Alexey Pertsev, a developer involved with Tornado Cash, to 64 months in prison. He was convicted of laundering $1. 2 billion in crypto through the Tornado Cash mixer between July 9, 2019, and August 10, 2022.
2024-5-15 18:45 | |
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The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange hacker transferred 100 ETH to the Tornado Cash mixer.
2024-5-7 17:35 | |
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A hacker that stole $125 million from Poloniex's hot wallets has sent 1,100 ether {{ETH}} to sanctioned coin mixer Tornado Cash, according to blockchain data.
2024-5-7 08:51 | |
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The Department of Justice alleges Tornado Cash founders personally profited from the mixer while keeping it running amid proceeds from major hacks flowing through the platform. The post DOJ insists Tornado Cash operated as a ‘commercial enterprise’ appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2024-4-28 09:21 | |
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Currency exchange rate variations can complicate travel plans, especially when some countries don't offer fiat currency exchanges. Carrying an amount of cash also poses risks. Bitcoin offers the advantage of being converted through services almost anywhere.
2024-4-12 18:02 | |
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Despite being blacklisted by OFAC, the Tornado Cash mixer continues to operate, helping North Korea-linked hackers in laundering millions of stolen crypto. The DPRK-affiliated hacking group Lazarus Group successfully laundered hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Ethereum (ETH) stolen…
2024-3-29 13:43 | |
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Exploiters who hacked Heco Bridge laundered the stolen assets through the controversial cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash.
2024-3-22 17:37 | |
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North Korea-backed Lazarus group has stepped up their use of sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, moving over $100 million worth of Ethereum through the platform in the past week. According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, addresses linked to the exploiters of Justin Sun-linked HTX exchange and Heco Bridge have transferred 40,391 ETH, equivalent to $145.
2024-3-22 16:13 | |
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Amidst growing concerns of illicit activities involving cryptocurrencies, reports have emerged linking North Korean hackers associated with the notorious Lazarus Group to an exploit of Ethereum (ETH) through the virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash.
2024-3-22 06:00 | |
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Blockchain analytics firm Elliptic revealed that the North Korea-backed hacker group Lazarus is once again using sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash to obfuscate its transactions. Last year, the group ceased using the crypto mixer after US government sanctions, which were imposed due to allegations of aiding criminals in laundering illegally obtained digital assets.
2024-3-15 21:43 | |
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North Korea’s hacker organization Lazarus is using Tornado Cash again despite U.S. sanctions against the popular cryptocurrency mixer.
2024-3-15 21:18 | |
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The Arbitrum blockchain community initiated a vote on a proposal to fund the legal defense of the Tornado Cash cryptocurrency mixer team.
2024-3-9 19:09 | |
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Crypto mixer Tornado Cash has reportedly fallen victim to a significant backend exploit that has put user deposits and sensitive data at risk. The security breach was revealed in a Medium post by Gas404, a community member, on Feb.
2024-2-28 20:04 | |
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American crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has terminated a fundraising campaign aimed at raising legal defense funds for Roman Storm and Alexey Pertsev, co-founder and developer, respectively, of the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash.
2024-2-17 13:14 | |
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The government department has previously imposed sanctions on crypto mixers Blender and Tornado Cash despite many in the space pushing back on actions against software tools.
2023-11-30 19:22 | |
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Funds stolen in a prior exploit have reportedly been channeled into Tornado Cash, totalling an estimated 1,500 BNB now within the mixer.
2023-10-20 00:01 | |
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North Korean hackers have increasingly favored Bitcoin (BTC) mixers over Tornado Cash (TORN) since U. S. authorities imposed sanctions on the cryptocurrency mixer, according to blockchain analytical firm TRM Labs.
2023-10-12 20:35 | |
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The user spent substantially more on the NFT than its usual price. Tornado Cash remains a sanctioned crypto mixer in the U. S. due to it being linked to money laundering. A recent sale of a NThe post Why a $1.
2023-10-10 13:00 | |
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Despite the shadow of U.S. Treasury sanctions and a significant drop in assets, Tornado Cash, Ethereum's leading crypto mixer, has seen a resilient comeback
2023-10-10 23:12 | |
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Roman Storm, a key developer behind cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, pleaded not guilty to several criminal charges, Inner City Press said on Sept. 6. That report indicates that Storm pleaded not guilty to charges contained within an earlier indictment.
2023-9-7 23:10 | |
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Roman Storm, a key developer behind cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, pleaded not guilty to several criminal charges, Inner City Press said on Sept. 6. That report indicates that Storm pleaded not guilty to charges contained within an earlier indictment.
2023-9-6 23:10 | |
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Founders of crypto mixer Tornado Cash, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, are indicted on charges including money laundering, potentially facing 20 years in prison. In the Aug. 23 press release, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, the developers behind Tornado Cash, have…
2023-8-24 12:52 | |
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DOJ has arrested Storm and is on the lookout for Semenov. Tornado Cash was used in several crypto heists last year. OFAC had sanctioned Tornado Cash in August of 2022. Co-founders of Tornado Cash – a fully decentralised crypto mixer based out of Russia – have been charged with money laundering, as per an indictment […] The post Tornado Cash founders charged with money laundering appeared first on CoinJournal.
2023-8-24 02:15 | |
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The U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced charges against two individuals who co-founded Tornado Cash on Aug. 23. The agency unsealed an indictment charging Roman Storm and Roman Semenov with various wrongdoings related to creating, operating, and promoting Tornado Cash — a once-popular Ethereum-based coin mixer that obscured crypto transactions.
2023-8-24 22:10 | |
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Roman Semenov was placed on OFAC's sanctioned persons list and Roman Storm was arrested as the United States continued its crackdown on the crypto mixer.
2023-8-23 22:00 | |
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Roman Storm and Roman Semenox, the founders of crypto mixer Tornado Cash have been charged and arrested in the US, according to details of an indictment unsealed today by the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York.
2023-8-24 21:38 | |
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Tornado Cash co-founder's eight Ethereum addresses were sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department. The latest action sees all three founders of ETH Mixer under legal scrutiny for operating theThe post Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash co-founder arrested by US officials appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-8-24 20:51 | |
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Tornado Cash developers Roman Storm and Roman Semenov were arrested and charged with money laundering and sanctions violations tied to their work with the privacy mixer which "facilitated more than $1 billion in money laundering" for North Korea's Lazarus Group.
2023-8-23 19:42 | |
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A district court judge sided with the U.S. Treasury Department in a lawsuit that involves Coinbase and sanctions imposed on crypto mixer Tornado Cash. The decision came as a blow to six plaintiffs who had challenged the agency’s authority in…
2023-8-20 21:21 | |
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The popular crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which facilitates the anonymity of transactions, has lost a lawsuit over the US Treasury Department’s sanctions. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) had accused the mixer one year ago of money laundering.
2023-8-19 20:40 | |
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The Blockchain Association said June 2 that it filed an amicus brief to support a CoinCenter case that defends the coin mixer Tornado Cash. Kristin Smith, CEO of the Blockchain Association, said: “… Tornado Cash is simply a tool – punishing the tool itself simply because it can be used by anyone, including bad actors, […] The post Blockchain Association files new amicus brief to support Tornado Cash’s defense appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2023-6-3 23:34 | |
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A hacker who recently took over the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash has given up control while still using the protocol to launder the digital tokens stolen in the attack.
2023-5-30 19:06 | |
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An attacker hijacked the governance of popular crypto mixer Tornado Cash, granting themselves over 1 million TORN tokens. The post Tornado Cash Governance Compromised: TORN Price Dips 25% appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-5-21 12:30 | |
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An address associated with the 2021 exploit of automated market maker Uranium Finance recently laundered over $1.18 million of stolen assets through crypto mixer Tornado Cash. The assets were transferred in ten transactions in 30 minutes today. PeckShield, a blockchain…
2023-5-16 13:50 | |
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The Tornado Cash developer was arrested in August 2022 by Dutch authorities as part of a criminal investigation against the crypto mixer service.
2023-4-20 14:16 | |
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The hacker has already transferred 1,000 Ether, worth almost $2 million, to the crypto mixer Tornado Cash.
2023-4-13 13:53 | |
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The advocacy group was joined by the DeFi Education Fund in arguing that the crypto mixer has important social functions and that the sanctions from the Office of Foreign Assets Control could set a dangerous precedent.
2023-4-13 23:40 | |
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Crypto exchange Coinbase is throwing its support behind plaintiffs seeking to remove sanctions imposed by the United States government on Tornado Cash, a privacy-focused cryptocurrency mixer.
2023-4-6 18:45 | |
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Coinbase is backing plaintiffs who want sanctions imposed by the United States government against crypto mixer Tornado Cash removed. The filing by Joseph Van Loon, Tyler Al-meida, Alexander Fisher, Preston Van Loon, Kevin Vitale, and Nate Welch, hereby as the plaintiffs, is against the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC); Janet Yellen, the […]
2023-4-6 13:30 | |
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Former Tornado Cash developer, Ameen Soleimani, has now developed a new mixing service called Privacy Pools to address a critical flaw of the sanctioned crypto mixer. In cryptocurrency, privacy is a top concern for many users. One solution to this…
2023-3-7 17:00 | |
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Soleimani explained that the “critical flaw” with Tornado Cash is that users cannot prove that they’re not associated with a criminal enterprise stealing or laundering crypto funds.
2023-3-7 05:19 | |
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The early contributor of Tornado Cash built a new crypto mixer called Privacy Pools that addresses the regulators' concerns. The post Tornado Cash 2.0: Privacy Pools Claim to Keep the Money Launders at Bay appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2023-3-6 20:09 | |
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Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, recognizes the privacy problem in the most active smart contracting platform. He is proposing a stealth address system as a possible fix. Vitalik Buterin’s idea radically differs from what Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer, and similar platforms offer.
2023-1-24 22:00 | |
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The decentralised nature of Tornado Cash has made it nearly impossible to put an end to it. Chainalysis revealed that total inflows to the mixer dropped by 68% in the 30 days after sanctions. Tornado Cash’s smart contract code can be used at any time.
2023-1-10 13:55 | |
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