Reposted from the Internet On May 5, the victim left a message to the hacker on the chain: "You win brother, return 90% to me, the remaining 10% is yours, and then we can forget about it. We all know that $7 million can make you live well, but $70 million will make you sleepless. We all know that this money can't be completely washed clean, and you will always be tracked. We also understand that the word "sleep well" is not about your moral and ethical qualities. Nevertheless, we formally promise your 10% rights. Return 90%. Before 10 am UTC on May 6, 2024, you have 24 hours to make a decision to change your life. After this, there is no turning back. PS. We haven't posted anything on Twitter yet." The hacker did not respond within the specified time. Then earlier today, a detective on the chain found that the IP address used by the hacker was from Hong Kong (it may also be a VPN), and merged more phishing cases into the same hacker team.

Then a few hours ago, the hacker replied to the message on the chain, asking the victim to leave a telegram and get in touch. I just checked the data on the chain, and it has started to transfer money to the victim's account. Maybe he is really worried that his identity will be exposed if he continues to investigate. Otherwise, it is rare for hackers to suddenly change their minds so many days after the incident.

The United States previously sanctioned the protocol on the chain that was mainly responsible for money laundering, arrested the founder, blocked the front-end UI of the protocol, and announced sanctions on addresses related to the protocol. However, the protocol itself is still running on the chain, and once deployed, no one can shut it down.

The current situation is that it is possible to interact directly with the protocol through on-chain operations and launder money, but this is very difficult to do, so many ordinary people are dissuaded. After these people are dissuaded, their liquidity is greatly reduced, and the black money no longer has sufficient cover.

For example, the government is persuading people to stay at home at night and not go out to play. In this way, people walking on the street at night become more obvious and are easily stopped and questioned by the police. $70 million is too big a sum to launder. It is better to take $7 million early and enjoy life.