US Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash for money laundering for hacking groups

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash for money laundering, citing that the so-called "virtual currency mixer" has been utilized to launder more than $7 billion in virtual currency since its launch in 2019.

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