DMM Bitcoin Hackers Launder $35M via Cambodia Marketplace Linked to \'Ruling Hun Family\'

The hackers behind the $305 million cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin hack in May have reportedly laundered more than $35 million at an online marketplace in Cambodia so far this month.

Hackers linked to the $305 million cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin hack in May have reportedly laundered more than $35 million through an online marketplace in Cambodia.

According to cryptocurrency sleuth ZachXBT, the funds have been laundered to Huione Guarantee, which operates in Cambodia and has been linked to the nation’s “ruling Hun family,” blockchain forensics firm Elliptic said in a July 10 post.

The marketplace has transacted $11 billion worth of crypto from hacks, pig butchering scams and other exploits, according to Elliptic.

“It is suspected that Lazarus Group is behind the hack due to similarities in laundering techniques and off chain indicators,” said ZachXBT.

The hackers have been depositing the stolen Bitcoin to privacy mixers, withdrawing that Bitcoin and bridging those funds to Ethereum or Avalanche via the cross-chain liquidity protocol THORChain.

ZachXBT said the funds are then converted into USDT and bridged to Tron before being transferred to Huione.

However, $28.2 million was blocked from being transferred to Huione after stablecoin issuer Tether blacklisted Tron wallet address “TNVaK…s4Ug8” on July 12.

This is the same wallet that extracted about $14 million from the DMM Bitcoin hack over the course of three days, ZachXBT noted.

ZachXBT also shared 538 wallet addresses linked to Lazarus Group, Huione and others linked to the DMM Bitcoin hack.

Japan-based DMM Bitcoin lost $305 million in Bitcoin after a critical vulnerability was exploited. The vulnerability allowed the hackers to access DMM Bitcoin’s servers, causing an “unauthorized leak” of Bitcoin on May 30.

The cryptocurrency exchange raised $320 million about a week later to compensate users for the losses.

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