In a strange occurrence, a hacker was able to capture 2,930 ETH (worth about $5.5 million at the time) from zkLend but has now lost all that money due to falling for a phishing website. The hacker, who was trying to be a “good actor” and not too different from a law enforcement agency that seizes stolen cryptocurrency, transferred the stolen funds through a series of transactions to TornadoCash, a popular protocol that helps users maintain their privacy. The funds were sent to a site that personifies TornadoCash but is, in actuality, a phishing site. The hackers’ final message, left
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