According to a report by the on-chain detective ZachXBT on his personal channel, a highly credible Tornado Cash asset theft investigation showed that on March 11, 2025, after using Tornado Cash to complete the currency mixing, North Korean hackers used part of ETH funds to purchase 437.6 billion PEPE worth $3.1 million. More detailed analysis shows that North Korean hackers were stolen when using the problematic Tornado Cash user interface. Previous news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, three wallets bought 689.79B PEPE (total value of approximately US$4.3 million), and their funds were all from Tornado Cash.