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Axie Infinity COMPROMISES Ronin Bridge
The hackers obtained control of enough Ronin validators to control the Ronin Bridge and transfer funds.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“If they can control the Ronin Bridge, they can effectively control the flow of money”
“We control the bridge, we control the money, and it’s time to steal”
Axie Infinity DEVELOPED_BY Sky Mavis
Geoff White says Axie Infinity was created by Sky Mavis.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“Axie Infinity was created by a company called Sky Mavis”
Tornado Cash DEVELOPED_BY Roman Storm
Geoff says Roman Storm was one of the apparent creators of Tornado Cash, while noting that legal proceedings require caution.
Uncertain Confidence 94% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“three people, it seems, created it. They are Andre Pertsev, Roman Storm, and Roman Semenov”
Ronin network DEVELOPED_BY Sky Mavis
Sky Mavis created the Ronin network to address Ethereum's speed and fee limitations for Axie Infinity.
Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 147 Details
“Sky Mavis, the creators of Axie Infinity, created a sidechain of Ethereum called the Ronin network”
Tornado Cash DEVELOPED_BY Andre Pertsev
Geoff says Andre Pertsev was one of the apparent creators of Tornado Cash, while noting that legal proceedings require caution.
Uncertain Confidence 94% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“three people, it seems, created it. They are Andre Pertsev, Roman Storm, and Roman Semenov”
Tornado Cash DEVELOPED_BY Roman Semenov
Geoff says Roman Semenov was one of the apparent creators of Tornado Cash, while noting that legal proceedings require caution.
Uncertain Confidence 94% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“three people, it seems, created it. They are Andre Pertsev, Roman Storm, and Roman Semenov”
Axie Infinity INITIAL_ACCESS_VIA social engineering
The reported initial compromise involved an elaborate social-engineering job offer aimed at a Sky Mavis engineer.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“carried out a very, very elaborate — or at least in my opinion, very elaborate social engineering exercise on this person; offered them a job”
Tornado Cash INVOLVES Roman Semenov
Roman Semenov was indicted by the US government and was believed to be in Russia without having faced trial.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“Roman Semenov is also indicted by the US government. He’s believed to be in the Russian Federation, so he hasn’t faced trial”
Axie Infinity INVOLVES Ethereum
The theft transferred ETH and USDC from the Ronin Bridge into Ethereum wallets.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“They stole ETH, ETH currency, and USDC, which at the time was valued at $625 million”
Tornado Cash INVOLVES Roman Storm
Roman Storm was charged by the US government and was being tried in connection with Tornado Cash.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“the US government charged Roman Storm who’s in the US and is, I think, currently being tried”
Tornado Cash INVOLVES Andre Pertsev
Andre Pertsev was arrested in the Netherlands and accused of running Tornado Cash in connection with the sanctions and legal proceedings.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“a guy called Andre Pertzev was arrested in Holland and accused by the Dutch government of running Tornado Cash”
Tornado Cash INVOLVES United States Department of the Treasury
The US Department of the Treasury sanctioned Tornado Cash and was sued over that decision.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“the crypto-campaigners sued the United States Treasury”
“This decision to sanction Tornado Cash”
Tornado Cash INVOLVES Tornado Cash
The Tornado Cash sanctions incident concerns the US government's sanctions against the Tornado Cash mixer.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“they put Tornado Cash under sanctions”
Roman Storm MEMBER_OF PepperSec
Geoff says Roman Storm worked for PepperSec.
Explicit Confidence 92% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“They worked for a company called PepperSec”
Andre Pertsev MEMBER_OF PepperSec
Geoff says Andre Pertsev worked for PepperSec.
Explicit Confidence 92% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“They worked for a company called PepperSec”
Roman Semenov MEMBER_OF PepperSec
Geoff says Roman Semenov worked for PepperSec.
Explicit Confidence 92% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“They worked for a company called PepperSec”
Office of Foreign Assets Control PART_OF United States Department of the Treasury
Jack identifies OFAC as the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 147 Details
“the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is OFAC”
Ronin Bridge PART_OF Ronin network
The Ronin Bridge is the mechanism for moving money between the Ronin network and Ethereum.
Derived Direction flagged Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 147 Details
“That mechanism of moving money between the two, they named that the Ronin Bridge”
Ronin network PART_OF Ethereum
Sky Mavis created Ronin as a sidechain of Ethereum.
Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 147 Details
“created a sidechain of Ethereum called the Ronin network”
Axie Infinity TARGETS Sky Mavis
The hackers targeted an engineering employee of Sky Mavis and gained deep-level access to its systems.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“the hackers targeted one of the engineering team”
“the malware allowed the hackers access to Sky Mavis’ computer systems”
Jack Rhysider USES Tornado Cash
Jack says he used Tornado Cash to move funds from a public donation wallet into a personal wallet for privacy.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 147 Details
“I’ve used Tornado Cash before”
“I need a way to move this money into a personal wallet”
Tornado Cash USES smart contracts
Tornado Cash uses smart-contract code to pool funds and allow withdrawals to fresh wallets without the creators controlling the funds.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 147 Details
“I was telling you about smart contracts before, where you can add code to the Ethereum blockchain”
“The smart contract is programmed to handle the money”
Axie Infinity USES Ethereum
Axie Infinity is built around ETH and the Ethereum blockchain, with players transferring Ethereum into the game.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Geoff White EP 147 Details
“the whole game is based on cryptocurrency”
“you can swap your dollars into ETH, the currency on the Ethereum blockchain”
Axie Infinity USES smart contracts
Jack says Axie Infinity was built directly on Ethereum and utilized smart contracts.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 147 Details
“Axie Infinity was built directly on the Ethereum cryptocurrency, utilizing smart contracts”
Axie Infinity USES Tornado Cash
The thieves who stole funds from Axie Infinity sent hundreds of millions of dollars through Tornado Cash to launder or obscure its origin.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 147 Details
“The people who stole the $600 million from Axie Infinity also noticed Tornado Cash and sent hundreds of millions of dollars to it”