Dark Web Files: Coinbase Hacker Flexes $42.5M THORChain Swap, Trolls ZachXBT Like A True Cyber Ghost

Yo, the shadow game’s heating up again—straight outta the darknet trenches. Remember that savage breach at Coinbase back in late 2024? The hacker’s not just out there ghosting millions—dude’s flexin’ with a digital mic drop at none other than blockchain sleuth ZachXBT. Here’s how this shadow-op went down…

💸 $42.5M Bitcoin Swap: One-Way Ticket Through THORChain

On May 21, this black hat juggernaut flipped ~$42.5M in BTC to ETH through THORChain, sliding slick past centralized eyes. That’s right—Bitcoin to Ethereum, straight through one of the most privacy-blurred decentralized cross-chain protocols out there. No KYC. No gatekeepers. Just pure protocol punk.

🧠 Hacker’s Message to ZachXBT? “L bozo” + a meme cigar 😏

If that wasn’t enough of a flex, the hacker embedded an onchain message during the ETH transaction calling ZachXBT a literal “L bozo,” then dropped a meme vid of NBA legend James Worthy puffin’ a cigar. Talk about digital taunting at 2,655 gwei per flex.

ZachXBT caught it instantly, throwing the flag on his Telegram channel. He tied the wallet’s signature to the same crew behind the Coinbase data heist—you know, the one that nuked over 69,400 user records?

But it didn’t stop there…

💥 Cyberdark’s Exclusive Deep Dive: The Ghost Wallet Trail

So we jacked into the chain and followed the ether smoke trail.

🧾 According to PeckShield, the wallet moved again on May 22—this time dumping 8,697 ETH for 22M DAI. A shadow wallet linked to it, funded with 9,081 ETH via THORChain, also got drained into 23M DAI.

But here’s the twist: onchain patterns show these wallets were pre-funded through bridged BTC routes originating from mixers on the darknet. And guess what? Some of that BTC passed through addresses previously flagged in Hydra busts and Sinbad mixer clusters.

You read that right—this might be a reactivation of old infrastructure—Hydra ghosts still running ops post-takedown?

🧷 Coinbase Refused Ransom, Got Slammed with Lawsuits

Back in Dec 2024, the attackers demanded $20M BTC ransom to avoid dumping doxxed user info. Coinbase went all cold shoulder, refused to pay, and instead put up a $20M bounty.

Now the fallout’s real: at least 6 lawsuits hit Coinbase in mid-May, accusing them of trash-tier opsec and delayed disclosure. The financial hit? Projected $180M to $400M. Oof.

🧨 THORChain in the Hot Seat – Again

THORChain’s becoming the darknet’s new money router. Back in March, it blew up in volume after the $1.4B Bybit hack, raking in over $5M in protocol fees. That’s a billion dollars moved in a single day.

And now? North Korea’s Lazarus Group is being flagged as one of the major players using it to clean up stolen crypto, and THORChain’s privacy features are taking heat in global cybercrime circles.

🕵️ CYBERDARK VERDICT:

This ain’t just about Coinbase or THORChain anymore. This is a cyber-thriller unraveling live on the chain. The hacker’s not just laundering funds—he’s memeing law enforcement and blockchain detectives while doing it. Old darknet supply chains may be breathing again, under new masks, using familiar tools.

And ZachXBT? Respect to the hustle, but you just got trolled onchain by a ghost with a 42-million-dollar grin.

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