Binance, Huobi team up to recover $2.5M from Harmony One hackers

Safety groups at crypto exchanges Binance and Huobi labored collectively to freeze and recuperate 121 Bitcoin (BTC) from hackers behind the Concord bridge exploit. 

In a tweet, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao introduced that the hackers have tried to launder their funds via the Huobi trade. After this was detected by Binance, they contacted and assisted Huobi to freeze and recuperate the digital property deposited by the hackers.

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We detected Concord One hacker fund motion. They beforehand tried to launder via Binance and we froze his accounts. This time he used Huobi. We assisted Huobi crew to freeze his accounts. Collectively, 124 BTC have been recovered. CeFi serving to to maintain DeFi #SAFU!

— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) January 16, 2023

Based on Zhao, the exchanges recovered a complete of 121 BTC, which is estimated to be value round $2.5 million on the time of writing. 

In a latest publish, on-chain crypto detective ZachXBT additionally highlighted previous to Binance and Huobi freezing and detecting the funds, the hackers behind the exploit have been transferring round 41,000 Ether (ETH), value round $64 million within the final weekend. 

1/2 North Korea’s Lazarus Group had a really busy weekend transferring $63.5m (~41000 ETH) from the Concord bridge hack via Railgun earlier than consolidating funds and depositing on three completely different exchanges. pic.twitter.com/huDumaJeSh

— ZachXBT (@zachxbt) January 15, 2023

Based on the crypto sleuth, after transferring the funds, the hackers consolidated and deposited the digital property on three completely different crypto exchanges. Nevertheless, the on-chain detective didn’t specify the names of the exchanges utilized by the exploiters. 

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On Jun. 24, the Concord crew detected the exploit, reporting $100 million in funds compromised. The hack highlighted issues beforehand introduced up by group members round a few of the mutisigs securing the Horizon bridge.

On Jun. 30, the Lazarus Group, an notorious North Korean hacking group was recognized as a suspect behind the $100 million Concord hack. Blockchain evaluation agency Elliptic famous that the style through which the hack was carried out was just like different Lazarus Group assaults. 

The Horizon bridge hack is likely one of the largest exploits and hacks in 2022. Analysts consider that the Lazarus Group focused the worker login credentials to breach Concord’s safety system. The hackers then deployed laundering packages to maneuver the stolen property.