North Korea-Linked SquidSquad Drains $2.84M from Institution on BSC on October 8

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According to on-chain investigator ZachXBT, a cryptocurrency institution was drained of approximately $2.84 million by the North Korea-linked group SquidSquad on October 8 on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC). On October 20, the attackers deposited 1,111.2 ETH into Tornado Cash, withdrew to three addresses, then bridged USDT from Ethereum to Tron and consolidated funds across two addresses. Both consolidation addresses showed prior fund transfers associated with addresses previously attributed to North Korea.
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