Bitget Loses USD 351.6 Million in Hot Wallet Breach in Likely North Korea Attack
2026-09-25 • Trmlabs •
Attackers stole an estimated USD 351.6 million from Bitget’s hot and warm wallets after allegedly compromising a backend system and manipulating transaction data presented to the exchange’s authorization process. The proceeds were divided among fresh wallets, with smaller portions routed through cross-chain services such as THORChain toward Bitcoin. Bitget’s CEO assessed North Korean involvement as very likely, while TRM identified laundering links to the DPRK-linked Bybit and AFX Bridge thefts and to infrastructure used by TraderTraitor. TRM had not definitively attributed the intrusion when it published the analysis.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALLET | 0xa6dd3f218b65e32ccc37be30f7488… | 2026-09-25 | 2026-09-25 |
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