Drift: DFX recovery claims open at about 1 cent per dollar lost
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Second wallet sent ~18,800 ETH; two days total about $109M
21 Oct: a wallet labeled Drift Exploiter 1 sent about 18,800 ETH (about $46M) into Tornado Cash. With the 20 Oct batch, two days total about $109M.
About $138M remains in exploiter-labelled wallets, per Arkham via Cointelegraph. This is still movement of April proceeds. Drift had not posted a new response.
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April exploiter wallet sent ~25,700 ETH (~$61M) to Tornado Cash
20 Oct: a wallet Etherscan labels Drift Exploiter 5 deposited about 25,700 ETH (about $61M) into Tornado Cash over roughly two hours. It was that wallet's first move since July.
About $194M remains in other Drift-labelled wallets. Cointelegraph reports Drift said in June that Mandiant attributed the April attack to UNC6862, a North Korean group.
This is movement of April proceeds. Drift had not posted a new response at the time of the alerts. 7K) are the same event.
01 Oct 2026 (English economics coverage 04 Oct): Drift opened DFX claim and redemption for victims of the April 2026 ~$285M Drift incident. Verified losses mint 1 DFX per USDT lost. 04% of losses.
The pool is meant to grow from Velocity revenue slices plus any recovered funds. Tether and partner commitment ceilings are not cash already in the pool. Claim window runs to 01 Jan 2028.
Expect fake claim sites; only the official Drift DFX portal from Drift channels is legitimate. Research snapshot from Drift's update and CryptoSlate.
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This is a recovery-mechanism card, not a new drain. Opening recovery is roughly a cent on the dollar. Bookmark official claim URLs from the project site.
Treat DMs and search ads for a Drift DFX claim as phishing until you verify the domain.
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