Ethereum
Parity Wallet Hacker Starts Laundering $150,000 on Ethereum After 7 Years of Inactivity
The hacker who stole 150,000 Ethereum (ETH) from the Parity Multisig Wallet in 2017 began laundering the first batch of 3,050 ETH.
A hacker who stole 150,000 Ethereum (ETH) from Parity Multisig Wallet version 1.5 in July 2017 transferred $9 million worth of ETH to eXch after seven years of inactivity. According to smart contract monitoring service Cyvers Alerts, the hacker initiated the laundering of 3,050 ETH, using “multiple consolidated addresses.”
🚨ALERT🚨 In 2017, a vulnerability in Parity Multisig Wallet version 1.5+ resulted in the theft of over 150,000 ETH, valued at the time at approximately US$30 million.
The hacker behind this theft showed remarkable patience, marking an important chapter in crypto history. Today,… pic.twitter.com/JPD5nJcmrJ
— 🚨 Cyvers Alerts 🚨 (@CyversAlerts) May 13, 2024
Analysts added that the hacker still controls more than 83,000 ETH, worth around $246 million at current prices, stolen during the 2017 attack. The hack, which drained 153,037 ETH from three multisignature contracts associated with the Parity Multisig Wallet in 2017, highlighted vulnerabilities within the Ethereum ecosystem.
Analysts from OpenZeppelin, a blockchain infrastructure platform, suggested At the time, the attack could have been avoided by avoiding certain coding practices, such as using the “delegatecall” function as a catch-all transfer mechanism.
Analysts also highlighted the importance of implementing robust coding models and standards within the Ethereum ecosystem to mitigate these vulnerabilities. Failure to do so, the company warned, could result in “disastrous consequences” even from a “seemingly innocent bug.”