Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash
The attacker moved $744,000 in ETH and BNB to Tornado Cash after exploiting Cysic’s bridge to mint 10 million tokens on BNB Smart Chain.
What happened
The attacker moved $744,000 in ETH and BNB to Tornado Cash after exploiting Cysic’s bridge to mint 10 million tokens on BNB Smart Chain.
Why it matters
The incident may affect operational continuity, asset safety or trust around Ethereum. Watch for verified scope and remediation.
Affected entities
Ethereum · ETHDown
View evidence
1 reports · 1 original report · 1 independent
- CointelegraphPrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash ↗
Claims
- Cysic dangles a 10% bounty, hacker pours loot into Tornado Cash Observed
Conflicts
No material conflict detected in the available evidence.
Timeline
- First reported
Market move following event
ETH · 15 min+0.07%
ETH · 1 h+0.01%
ETH · 4 h+0.22%
ETH · 24 hUnavailable
Score explanation
Confidence · formula confidence-2.1.0
Source trust63
Independent corroboration51
Primary evidence35
Claim consistency82
Extraction confidence82
Attribution quality90
Impact · formula impact-2.1.0
Event magnitude96
Market relevance74
Entity significance94
Market breadth54
Novelty68
Urgency96
capital magnitude54
Ranking · formula rank-1.0.0
Confidence factor0.82
Freshness factor0.999
Breaking bonus8