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- #1publishby system:backfill2026-05-30 18:33:15ZScore: ? → ? (no score change)anchoranchored
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W7yvHiTKR4Kg…9fzG88Ddexplorer ↗- hash
FdTqLXtouqeg…3PQhiSxGsha256 → base58
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On December 31, 2023, attackers compromised seven of ten multisig private keys and drained approximately $81.5 million in ETH, WBTC, USDT, USDC, and DAI from the Ethereum vault in the largest crypto hack of New Year's Eve 2023. The attack has been attributed with medium-to-high confidence to North Korea's Lazarus Group, with an additional alleged insider-threat dimension involving Ozys' former chief information security officer, who allegedly sabotaged the company firewall weeks before the exploit.","timeline":[{"date":"2018-01-01","event":"Orbit Chain launched by Ozys as a cross-chain bridging protocol supporting multiple public blockchains.","source":""},{"date":"2023-11-20","event":"Ozys' former Chief Information Security Officer submits a voluntary resignation request.","source":""},{"date":"2023-11-22","event":"The former CISO allegedly makes unauthorized changes to Ozys' internal firewall policies without notifying the company, according to Ozys' later allegations.","source":""},{"date":"2023-12-06","event":"The former CISO departs Ozys without disclosing firewall changes or providing handover documentation.","source":""},{"date":"2023-12-31","event":"At approximately 20:52 UTC, an attacker pre-funds an intermediary wallet with 10 ETH sourced from Tornado Cash and begins executing the Orbit Bridge exploit.","source":""},{"date":"2024-01-01","event":"Six transactions drain approximately $81.5 million (ETH, WBTC, USDT, USDC, DAI) from the Orbit Bridge Ethereum vault between 05:52–06:25 KST. Development team notified at 07:05 KST; vault shut down at 07:21 KST.","source":""},{"date":"2024-01-01","event":"Seoul Metropolitan Police notified at 10:00 KST. KISA notified at 10:35 KST. Security firm Theori engaged for joint investigation.","source":""},{"date":"2024-01-10","event":"Investigators discover that the former CISO had arbitrarily changed firewall policies on November 22, 2023. Ozys notifies South Korea's National Intelligence Service; NIS opens formal investigation.","source":""},{"date":"2024-01-11","event":"Orbit Chain announces an $8 million USD public bounty for intelligence leading to attacker identification or fund recovery.","source":""},{"date":"2024-01-25","event":"Ozys publicly alleges that its former CISO sabotaged the firewall and files civil lawsuit and criminal complaint against the former employee.","source":""},{"date":"2024-06-08","event":"After approximately five months of dormancy, the exploiter moves 12,932 ETH (approximately $47.7 million) through Tornado Cash across seven transactions.","source":""}]},"v":1}Verify offline (run on your own machine)python -m src.verify_decision dfff0307-2643-4044-9fc0-2d010f8d18e8
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