The individual responsible for looting the cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has initiated the transfer of Ethereum (ETH) to the mixing service Tornado Cash, as reported by the digital asset de-anonymizing platform Arkham. According to Arkham, the hacker moved a total of 1126.1 ETH, valued at over $3.4 million, through a series of 20 transactions on Monday and Tuesday. This marks the hacker’s first foray into the controversial Ethereum-based crypto mixer, which assists users in concealing their digital assets.

In early November, the hacker targeted Poloniex, making off with $56 million worth of ETH, $48 million worth of Tron (TRX), $18 million worth of Bitcoin (BTC), and smaller amounts of other cryptocurrencies. Despite Poloniex offering a 5% white hat bounty, which went unclaimed, the hacker still retains $181.47 million worth of crypto in their main address, according to Arkham.

Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, has experienced a series of attacks on his affiliated projects in recent months. In September, hackers exploited the Sun-associated exchange giant HTX, resulting in the theft of approximately 4,999 Ethereum worth $7.9 million, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield. Subsequently, in November, hackers targeted both HTX and Heco Bridge, another Sun-affiliated project used for transferring funds between Ethereum and the energy-saving blockchain Heco Chain, resulting in a combined loss of $100 million, according to cybersecurity firm Cyvers.

In January, HTX fell victim to yet another attack when it was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, resulting in a brief outage. A DDoS attack occurs when malicious actors overwhelm a website with excessive traffic to disrupt its infrastructure.

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