# Drift Attack Wallets Deposit $61.3 Million in Ether Into Tornado Cash

By Simon Yoon

Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/36976
Published: 2026-10-21T19:43:21.000Z
Updated: 2026-10-21T19:43:21.000Z
Section: Technology

> The addresses still held 56,569 ETH, valued at about $139.3 million, after the Oct. 21 deposit.

Wallets linked to the Drift Protocol exploit deposited another 24,885 Ether (ETH), worth about $61.3 million, into Tornado Cash on Oct. 21, extending the movement of funds tied to the attack.

The tracked addresses still held 56,569 ETH, valued at roughly $139.3 million, after the deposit. That remaining balance was worth more than twice the latest transfer. The figures describe separate amounts: ETH sent to Tornado Cash and ETH left in the addresses.

Tornado Cash is a crypto mixing protocol that makes the connection between deposits and later withdrawals harder to trace. A deposit does not, by itself, establish that the funds were sold or recovered.

The addresses are linked to the Drift Protocol exploit, in which the attacker stole more than $270 million in assets.