Drift Exploiter 5 Mixes $54.8M on Ethereum Before Breakfast, Keeps $200M
Under two hours, 230 deposits of 100 ETH, and a wallet Etherscan already had a name for.
The wallet labelled Drift Exploiter 5 by Etherscan sent 23,000 ETH into Tornado Cash on October 20, 2026, worth about $54.8 million[1][2]. Its transaction history shows 230 deposits of 100 ETH each that day[3]. Etherscan’s Drift exploiter tag sits on five wallets, Exploiter 5 among them[4]. About 84,164 ETH, roughly $200 million, was still in those five wallets at a snapshot early that morning[4].
What to do: nothing to revoke — the 23,000 ETH left as deposits to the mixer[3], and 84,164 ETH still sits in the same five labelled wallets[4].
Who gains, who loses
Receipts
A wallet that PeckShield identified as linked to the Drift exploit deposited 23,000 ETH into Tornado Cash on October 20, 2026, worth about $54.8 million.
“A wallet that PeckShield identified as linked to the Drift exploit deposited 23,000 ETH into Tornado Cash on Oct. 20, according to Ethereum transaction records The Defiant reviewed.”
The active address making the Tornado Cash deposits carries Etherscan's "Drift Exploiter 5" label.
“The active address carries Etherscan's "Drift Exploiter 5" label.”
The Drift Exploiter 5 address made 230 deposits of 100 ETH each between 3:08:35 a.m. and 4:58:11 a.m. ET on October 20, 2026.
“Its transaction history shows 230 deposits of 100 ETH each between 3:08:35 a.m. and 4:58:11 a.m. ET on Oct. 20.”
About 84,164 ETH, worth roughly $200 million, remained in the five wallets Etherscan labels as Drift exploiters in a snapshot around 5 a.m. ET on October 20, 2026.
“However, about 84,164 ETH, worth roughly $200 million at the same price, remained in the five wallets Etherscan labels as Drift exploiters in a snapshot around 5 a.m. ET.”
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