Ronin and Axie Infinity co-founder Jeff “Jihoz” Zirlin has claimed that two of his wallets have been hacked and about $9.7 million worth of Ethereum stolen.
The funds from the compromised wallets from Ronin Bridge v2 were initially split and moved to three different ones. They were then routed through Tornado Cash Mixer, a move to obscure the ownership and traceability of the funds.
Ronin Bridge Remains Unaffected
On-chain analyst Lookonchain alerted on a hacker attacking Zirlin’s two wallets, compromising 3.2 million RON, 282.32 WETH, 160,000 PIXEL, 2.76M SLP, 2,042 USDC, and 164 AXS. The perpetrator then exchanged the assets for 3,249 ETH and deposited them on Tornado.
A hacker attacked 2 wallets of @JihozAxie and stole $10.46M assets, including:
3.2M $RON($9.53M)
282.32 $WETH($834K)
160K $PIXEL($87K)
2.76M $SLP($10K)
2,042 $USDC
164 $AXS($1,272)All assets were exchanged for 3,249 $ETH($9.6M) and deposited into #TornadoCash. pic.twitter.com/BUe8V3q3er
— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) February 23, 2024
Zirlin took to X to confirm the hack, saying it was a tough morning for him, having two of his addresses compromised. He explained that the attack was on his accounts and had nothing to do with the Ronin Chain’s operations and validation. He then assured his followers that he was safe and would get through the situation.
This has been a tough morning for me.
Two of my addresses have been compromised.
The attack is limited to my personal accounts, and has nothing to do with validation or operations of the Ronin chain.
Additionally, the leaked keys have nothing to do with Sky Mavis operations.…
— Jihoz.ron
