{"id":4966,"date":"2023-05-22T18:00:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T22:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadingcryptonews.com\/hacker-seizes-tornado-cash-governance-torn-dips-25\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T18:00:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T22:00:27","slug":"hacker-seizes-tornado-cash-governance-torn-dips-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadingcryptonews.com\/hacker-seizes-tornado-cash-governance-torn-dips-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacker Seizes Tornado Cash Governance, TORN Dips 25%"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Popular crypto mixer Tornado Cash TORN token dropped by more than 30% after a malicious player hijacked its governance to steal over 480,000 tokens from its vault.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to on-chain data, the attacker sold 379,000 tokens for 375 ETH (roughly $680,000) and still has 97,700 TORN tokens in their wallet. Available information also showed that the hacker deposited 6,000 tokens on Bitrue. <\/p>\n Interestingly, the hacker deposited their profits from dumping TORN into the Tornado Cash mixer, according to a Peckshield report.<\/p>\nHow the Attack Happened<\/h2>\n