Aztec exploiter moves 500 ETH to Tornado Cash amid record hack year

The attacker who drained Aztec’s deprecated Connect rollup in June has now sent another 300 ETH to Tornado Cash, bringing the total moved to the mixer to 500 ETH, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield.

The importance of the transfer lies not simply in magnitude, but also in speed. The hacker has already transferred about 55% of the 909 ETH used in the original attack through Tornado Cash, but they did so in inconsistent amounts instead of a single transaction. Such patterned timing indicates that its exit strategy does not involve rapid laundering like other major crypto attack schemes.

A slow drip into the mixer

The latest 300 ETH, worth roughly $572,100 at the time, was deposited into Tornado Cash on August 8, PeckShield reported. A month earlier, on July 2, the firm flagged a 145 ETH deposit worth about $227,650, bringing the running total to 200 ETH.

The timing reveals a lot. Rather than transferring the stolen ETH in a single transaction, the hacker has transferred the stolen ETH to the mixer in small batches, with the last deposit occurring 37 days after the previous transaction.

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