Hackers transferred around $12 million from wallets connected to the Bitfinex breach, in which 120,000 Bitcoin (BTC) was stolen in August 2016.
On August 3, it has been reported according to a series of tweets posted by Whale Alert that wallet addresses known to be associated with one of the largest breaches ever of a crypto exchange moved 620 Bitcoin (BTC) worth around $7 million over 4 transactions.
⚠ 5.59208 #BTC (62,983 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet Tx: https://t.co/eO88Arf2rX — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) August 3, 2020
On July 29, nearly $5 million or 448 BTC was moved in a single transaction.
⚠ 448.72 #BTC (4,975,676 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Bitfinex Hack 2016 to unknown wallet Tx: https://t.co/DG32r3IHbA — Whale Alert (@whale_alert) July 30, 2020
However, coupled with the recent movement of $39 million from July 27-28, this makes approximately $51 million in Bitcoin transferred over 17 transactions within a week.
It has been analyzed that on August 2, 2016, hackers breached security at Bitfinex by stealing 119,756 BTC, $72 million at the time. After four years and recent bullish behavior, their total haul is now worth $1.3 billion.
Within a week, criminals behind the Bitfinex hack moved more than 4,500 Bitcoin of the 120,000 tokens they stole in 2016 https://t.co/OJBR2eEo7t — Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) August 4, 2020
Despite the recent $51 million movement, those responsible for the hack have moved only 1-2% of the funds they stole.
Thus, this suggests that the criminals may be having difficulties as new anti-money laundering (AML) regulations are enforced.
Source: Cointelegraph | Image: Bitcoin News