Two personal crypto wallets of Axie Infinity co-founder, Jeff “Jihoz” Zirlin, have been compromised with a hack of 3,248 ETH, equivalent to about 9.7 million dollars.
The attack was confirmed today by Zirlin himself on his official X profile.
This has been a tough morning for me.
Two of my addresses have been compromised.
The attack is limited to my personal accounts, and has nothing to do with validation or operations of the Ronin chain.
Additionally, the leaked keys have nothing to do with Sky Mavis operations.…
— Jihoz.ron (@Jihoz_Axie) February 23, 2024
Crypto hack against Axie Infinity co-founder
Zirlin confirms that it was an attack on his personal wallets, emphasizing that it had nothing to do with the Ronin chain.
Indeed, the issue occurred on the Ronin Bridge.
#PeckShieldAlert It appears a whale wallet has been compromised, & ~3,248 $ETH (worth ~$9.7m) from the #Ronin Bridge was withdrawn and transferred to #TornadoCash pic.twitter.com/sRK36BQ
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