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Wallet Linked to Drift Exploit Sends $61 Million: Exploit

The North Korea-linked attacker behind April's $295 million Drift heist pushed 25,700 ETH through the mixer in two hours, and still controls roughly $198 million more.

StatusConfirmed
Reported loss$295.0M
ChainEthereum
Confidence80%

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Record history

First seen: 2026-10-20T09:12:49.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-21T07:28:59.934Z. Revision: 1.