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Why the UXLINK hacker’s 14,336 ETH transfers raise fresh questions for DeFi
The hacker behind the September 2025 UXLINK exploit has deposited 14,336.6 ETH into Tornado Cash over the past two weeks, including a recent transfer of over
Key takeaways
- The UXLINK exploiter deposited 14,336.6 ETH into Tornado Cash over a two-week period.
- A wallet linked to the defunct Mining Express scheme swapped 5,004 ETH for 8.8 million DAI.
- The DeFi ecosystem lacks efficient systems to stop or deal with illegal funds once they are in motion.
- Protocols must strengthen cross-network coordination and implement real-time threat detection to safeguard privacy.
The hacker behind the September 2025 UXLINK exploit has deposited 14,336.6 ETH into Tornado Cash over the past two weeks, including a recent transfer of over $8.1 million worth of ETH converted from DAI. Concurrently, wallets linked to the defunct Mining Express Ponzi scheme have reallocated assets, swapping 5,004 ETH for 8.8 million DAI and moving approximately $5.1 million to Tornado Cash following an exploit of the Jaredfromsubway.eth MEV bot.
By the numbers
- 14,336.6 ETH
- Deposited into Tornado Cash by UXLINK attacker in two weeks
- $4.5M
- Cryptocurrency assets drained in September 2025 UXLINK exploit
- 6,000.8 ETH
- Swapped by UXLINK exploiter from remaining DAI tokens
- 5,004 ETH
- Swapped for 8.8 million DAI by Mining Express wallet
- $5.1M
- Moved to Tornado Cash from Mining Express wallet
How it unfolded
- Kaze Fuziyama founded Mining Express
- Ukrainian authorities investigated bankrupt Mining Express
- UXLINK exploit occurred via delegateCall vulnerability
- Mining Express wallet fully unstaked funds
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