According to PANews on March 16, on-chain detective ZachXBT said in his personal channel that an investigation into the theft of Tornado Cash assets showed that North Korean hackers withdrew ETH from Tornado Cash on March 11 and used part of the ETH to purchase 437.6 billion PEPE (US$3.1 million).

According to previous news , three wallets withdrew funds from Tornado Cash and purchased PEPE tokens worth US$4.3 million.