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UXLINK attacker swaps 14.6 million DAI for 8,298.6 ETH, sends 8,340 ETH to Tornado Cash

UXLINK attacker swaps 14.6 million DAI for 8,298.6 ETH, sends 8,340 ETH to Tornado Cash

PeckShield said the address also bridged 2.64 ETH, worth about $4,630, from Ethereum to a BTC address and still holds 10.54 million DAI.

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Fact Check
The originating PeckShieldAlert X post states verbatim that the UXLINK exploiter swapped ~14.6M DAI for 8,298.6 ETH, deposited 8,340 ETH into Tornado Cash, bridged 2.64 ETH ($4.63K) to a Bitcoin address, and still holds 10.54M DAI. Two independent news outlets (BlockBeats and Odaily) report the identical figures while citing the same PeckShield report. Every numerical detail in the claim matches the primary source exactly.
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Summary

A wallet identified by PeckShield as tied to the UXLINK attacker swapped about 14.6 million DAI for 8,298.6 ETH on June 17, a larger amount than previously reported. The address then deposited 8,340 ETH into Tornado Cash, bridged 2.64 ETH, worth about $4,630, from Ethereum to a BTC address, and continued to hold 10.54 million DAI. The activity points to a rapid conversion of stablecoin holdings into Ether followed by transactions that may make the movement of funds harder to trace across networks.

Terms & Concepts
  • DAI: A dollar-pegged stablecoin used for trading and transfers in crypto markets.
  • Tornado Cash: A crypto mixer designed to obscure the transaction history of digital assets.
  • bridged: Moved assets from one blockchain network to another using cross-chain infrastructure.