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Ethereum stolen in Cryptopia hack moves in 7 different transactions
cryptopia hacked eth moves
Cryptosphere vigilante reporting on large scale transactions and cryptocurrency stolen in different hacks have revealed that the Ethereum stolen from the ill-fated Kiwi cryptocurrency exchange has been moved to unknown wallets in seven different transactions just now.
The first transaction took place at Monday, 27 May 2019 15:10:42 UTCÂ when fifty (50) Ethereum tokens worth over thirteen and a half thousand dollars ($13,522 )Â were moved to an unknown wallet address.
âš 50 #ETH (13,522 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Laundered Cryptopia Hack to unknown wallet
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) May 27, 2019
It seems that the hackers are moving the stolen Ethereum in small amounts since out of the seven total transactions only two were of more than a hundred ETH tokens at five hundred and one (501) ETH each worth over two hundred and seventy thousand dollars ($137) collectively.
âš 501 #ETH (136,881 USD) of stolen funds transferred from Cryptopia Hack to #EtherDelta
— Whale Alert (@whale_alert) May 27, 2019
These two transactions were recorded to be over one hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars ($137,187 and $136,881).
Among other transactions, four transactions were worth fifty ETH each recorded to be worth over thirteen thousand and five hundred dollars ($13522, $13,633, $13,612 and $13646) each.
The total amoung moved is only a small portion of the total amount in Cryptopia hack which is estimated to be over forty million dollars ($40m) worth of hack.
On the other hand, the seven transactions are collectively worth three hundred and forty-six thousand dollars ($346641) or twelve hundred and sixty-eight ETH.
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