The US authorities take 31 million dollars in encryption linked to the financing of uranium penetration

The American authorities have made great progress in combating crime related to cryptocurrencies by seizing nearly $ 31 million linked to the penetration of uranium financing 2021.

This announcement was announced by the US Prosecutor’s Office for the Southern Region in New York (SDNY) and HSI in San Diego this week, about four years after the attack.

Uranium penetration attack

The penetration, which occurred on April 28, 2021, took advantage of a critical weakness in smart contracts to finance uranium as he moved to the V2.1 protocol. The defect in her husband’s contracts allowed the attacker to withdraw almost all available assets.

This led to the theft of approximately $ 50 million in various cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), ETHEREUM (ETH), Binance Coin (BNB), Binance USD (Busd), Polkadot (Dot), Cardano (ADA), Tether (USDT), and Taken’s Token, U92.

Initially, the suspicions surrounding the attack grew due to its timing, which occurred just days after the launch of uranium financing V2. In addition to the controversy, the project’s project’s warehouse was suddenly removed from GitHub, which led to the speculation of many possible internal participation. Doubts also intensified the safety of the platform, especially as it had already seen a $ 1.3 million breach of the same month.

The attacker soon wash the stolen money with the help of the controversial Tornado Cash Cash, and Anyswap, a bridge across the series, to transfer assets via Blockchains. Despite these nutritional attempts, the law enables the application of a large part of the stolen money.

Attacks

Delay grab It comes at a time when internet crimes related to the encoded currency continues to rise, with a recent penetration in prominent assets that lost an estimated $ 1.4 billion of encryption assets. The FBI officially attributed the theft of North Korea, which enhances the country’s role in stealing global encryption.

With the total stolen boxes in 2024 up to $ 2.2 billion, this represents the fifth time in the past decade that exceeded the annual losses one billion dollars. Interestingly, North Korea’s electronic criminals operations now represent 61 % of the total stolen encryption this year and 20 % of all hacking accidents,