Drift exploiter moves $61M ETH to Tornado Cash, still holds $194M

The movement of funds through Tornado Cash signals that the Drift exploiter is actively working to obscure the trail rather than simply holding the proceeds, a pattern consistent with state-linked actors seeking to launder large sums over time. The attribution to a North Korean threat group raises the stakes beyond a single protocol's loss, pointing to the broader challenge of sanctioned mixing services as a laundering channel. What matters next is whether the remaining $194 million follows the same path and how much of the original $295 million in losses becomes traceable — or permanently unrecoverable.