Attacker moves $2.7M into Tornado Cash via new wallet after 1,529 ETH transfer

The significance here is less the dollar figure than the method: a fresh wallet feeding a sanctioned mixer is a familiar laundering pattern, and it shows that enforcement pressure has not closed off this route for determined actors. It affects anyone tracking stolen-fund flows, particularly exchanges and analytics firms whose monitoring must catch deposits emerging from Tornado Cash. The open question is whether this attacker continues to favor a sanctioned tool over the coming weeks, or shifts to alternatives as tracing efforts adapt.