The Blockchain Bandit, a hacker infamous for exploiting vulnerabilities in Ethereum wallets, has reappeared, consolidating stolen assets after years of inactivity. On Dec. 30, blockchain investigator ZachXBT reported that the hacker moved 51,000 ETH, worth approximately $172 million, into a single wallet. These funds were transferred from ten previously inactive wallets, marking the hacker’s first […]
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The notorious hacker accumulated 51,000 Ether mostly by guessing weak private keys from 2016 to 2018.
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