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title: "Drift exploiter sends $61M ETH to Tornado Cash, holds $194M"
description: "2026-10-20 Cointelegraph, Decrypt 보도. 감지 후 24시간 동안 ETH +2.97%. Cointelegraph: “The April 1 hack caused about $295 million in losses and was later attributed to a North Korean threat group in a Mandiant investigation.” 감지 후 24시간 동안 ETH +2.97% 변동 관측. 시세 관측은 인과관계를 입증하지 않습니다."
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published: 2026-10-20T12:42:59.000Z
updated: 2026-10-21T12:43:58.000Z
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# Drift exploiter sends $61M ETH to Tornado Cash, holds $194M

2026-10-20 Cointelegraph, Decrypt 보도. 감지 후 24시간 동안 ETH +2.97%. Cointelegraph: “The April 1 hack caused about $295 million in losses and was later attributed to a North Korean threat group in a Mandiant investigation.” 감지 후 24시간 동안 ETH +2.97% 변동 관측. 시세 관측은 인과관계를 입증하지 않습니다.

Attributed sources: [Cointelegraph](<https://cointelegraph.com/news/drift-exploiter-eth-tornado-cash>), [Decrypt](<https://decrypt.co/381450/wallet-drift-exploit-sends-61-million-ethereum-tornado-cash>)

## Key facts

Cointelegraph: “The April 1 hack caused about $295 million in losses and was later attributed to a North Korean threat group in a Mandiant investigation.” 감지 후 24시간 동안 ETH +2.97% 변동 관측. 시세 관측은 인과관계를 입증하지 않습니다.
Evidence strength: 복수 매체 보도, 2 publisher group(s) (Cointelegraph, Decrypt); this describes source coverage, not truth or causation.
감지 후 관측 수익률: 5분: +0.01% (BTC 대비 차이 -0.01 %p; 20/10/2026, 12:42 → 20/10/2026, 12:47, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1시간: -0.15% (BTC 대비 차이 -0.15 %p; 20/10/2026, 12:42 → 20/10/2026, 13:42, UTC; Gate · USDT); 24시간: +2.97% (BTC 대비 차이 +0.63 %p; 20/10/2026, 12:42 → 21/10/2026, 12:42, UTC; Gate · USDT). 표시되지 않은 구간은 아직 데이터가 없습니다.
직전 30일간 시간별 절대 수익률의 99번째 백분위수는 1.46% (OKX · USDT; 기준 20/10/2026, 12:42, UTC)입니다. 시간 단위 기준선은 분 단위 변동과 직접 비교할 수 없습니다.

## Returns after site detection

| Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5분 | +0.01% | +0.01% | -0.01 %p | 20/10/2026, 12:42 → 20/10/2026, 12:47 | Gate · USDT |
| 1시간 | -0.15% | -0.00% | -0.15 %p | 20/10/2026, 12:42 → 20/10/2026, 13:42 | Gate · USDT |
| 24시간 | +2.97% | +2.34% | +0.63 %p | 20/10/2026, 12:42 → 21/10/2026, 12:42 | Gate · USDT |

## Historical hourly baseline

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Ready | true |
| Coverage | 100.0% (720/720) |
| Median absolute hourly return | 0.19% |
| 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | 1.46% |
| BTC beta | 1.12 |
| Source / cutoff (UTC) | OKX · USDT / 20/10/2026, 12:42 |

## Claims and open questions

- No independently verified causal explanation is available.

## Source evidence

- [Drift exploiter sends $61M ETH to Tornado Cash, holds $194M](<https://cointelegraph.com/news/drift-exploiter-eth-tornado-cash>) — Cointelegraph; published 20/10/2026, 12:38; received 20/10/2026, 12:42 (UTC).
- [Wallet Linked to Drift Exploit Sends $61 Million in Ethereum to Tornado Cash](<https://decrypt.co/381450/wallet-drift-exploit-sends-61-million-ethereum-tornado-cash>) — Decrypt; published 20/10/2026, 20:46; received 20/10/2026, 20:49 (UTC).
- [Drift exploiter sends $109M in Ether to Tornado Cash in 2 days](<https://cointelegraph.com/news/drift-exploiter-moves-109m-eth-tornado-cash-2-days>) — Cointelegraph; published 21/10/2026, 10:13; received 21/10/2026, 10:21 (UTC).


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[Methods and limitations](<https://whycoinmoves.com/ko/methodology>)
Publisher count is not independent evidence count. Price changes cannot verify news or prove causation.