zkLend hacker loses 2,930 ETH to Tornado Cash phishing scam
Zklend’s exploiter lost 2,930 eTH in a phishing scam while trying to whiten the stolen money using what they thought to be cash in cash.
According to an article of March 31 on X by the DE.Fi antivirus web3, supported by Consensys, the attacker mistakenly deposited the funds stolen in a false website of Tornado Cash, resulting in immediate loss. The data on the chain show that after having made the error, the pirate sent a desperate message to the deployment address of Zklend, admitting his error.
“I tried to move funds to Tornado, but I used a phishing website, and all the funds were lost. I am devastated,” wrote the pirate. They apologized for the attack and urged Zklend to concentrate his recovery efforts on phishing scam operators.
🚨BREAKING: ZKLEND HACKER GOT REKT🚨
2,930 $ETH maliciously grabbed in the zkLend hack were mistakenly deposited to a copycat website of Tornado Cash
In the end, the hacker addresses the case to the zkLend deployer as they no longer have stolen assets pic.twitter.com/J9io6vvKYl
— De.Fi Antivirus Web3 🛡️ (@De_FiSecurity) March 31, 2025
More than $ 9.6 million from Ethereum (Ethn) was stolen in the zklend exploitwhich took place on February 12. In an attempt to engage in negotiations, the Loan Protocol based on Starknet offered a 10% award in exchange for the return of remaining funds by February 14.
Zklend was forced to degenerate the case from the police because the pirate ignored the deadline. The platform has announced that it had enlisted Starknet Foundation security experts, Starkware and Binance Security to locate and recover the funds. But now that the stolen ethn has been lost in a phishing scam, things seem to have taken a surprising turn.
Zklend’s attack is part of an increasing trend in high-level cryptocurrency exploits. According to the Q1 2025 of Immunofi reportThe first three months of 2025 saw the worst quarter for cryptography security violations in history, pirates flying $ 1.64 billion. Zklend’s hack was the fifth largest feat in the quarter.
Decentralized funding protocols lost $ 106.8 million out of 38 incidents, with Ethereum and BNB (Bnb) The chain being the most targeted networks. While Defi suffered multiple attacksThe centralized finance platforms saw only two incidents, but they have resulted in an amazing $ 1.5 billion in losses.
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