2 years ago
Norwegian Police authorization (Økokrim)disclosed that it has seized up to 60 cardinal krone ( worthy astir US$5.9 million) of assets stolen from the Axie Infinity hack.
After galore attempts to hint the funds, Norwegian authorization Økokrim announced connected Feb. 16 that it had successfully recovered astir $5.9 cardinal from the hackers.
Back successful March 2022, North Korea’s Lazarus Group reportedly stole implicit $600 cardinal from the Axie-Ronin bridge.
The funds were successfully tracked and retrieved with the practice of the FBI and the US Department of Justice.
State Attorney Marianne Bender said:
“This lawsuit shows that we besides person a large capableness to travel the wealth connected the blockchain, adjacent if criminals usage precocious methods.”
Økokrim said it would proceed to way the hackers and confiscate immoderate funds they effort to withdraw.
In the meantime, Økokrim said it volition pass with Axie Infinity’s genitor institution Sky Mavis to instrumentality the recovered funds.
The station Norwegian Police prehend $5.9M from Axie Infinity hackers appeared archetypal connected CryptoSlate.
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