Sky Mavis Co-Founder Jeffrey Zirlin’s Wallet Hacked with $9.7 Million in ETH: Peckshield

Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder of Sky Mavis, creator of the Axie Infinity game, said in his X post that two of his wallets were hacked on Friday morning Asian time, and that Ronin was not affected.

Blockchain security company PeckShield Confirmed The “whale wallet” was compromised with approximately 3,248 Ether worth approximately $9.7 million, which was withdrawn from Ronin Bridge and transferred to cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash.

“The attack is limited to my personal account and has nothing to do with the verification or operation of the Ronin Chain,” Zirlin said. said “Furthermore, the leaked key has nothing to do with Sky Mavis’ operations.”

Zirlin’s Sky Mavis founding counterpart Aleksander Leonard Larsen also said On

Ronin, the sidechain hosting Sky Mavis’ blockchain game Axie Infinity, It was exploited for $625 million. March last year. The hackers, later identified as the North Korean-backed Lazarus Group, gained unauthorized access through email-based phishing attacks.

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