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#4 BleepingComputer general September 25, 2026 at 08:33 UTC

Hackers steal $351.6 million in Bitget crypto exchange hack

By Sergiu Gatlan

AI Summary

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget disclosed on September 25, 2026 that suspected North Korean threat actors stole $351.6 million from its hot and warm wallets after unauthorized transfers were detected at 18:31 UTC on September 24. Cold wallets and the majority of platform assets were reported unaffected, and some attacker-linked wallet addresses were frozen. The scale of this theft follows a persistent pattern of DPRK-linked actors targeting crypto exchanges and represents one of the largest single crypto heists of 2026.

Relevance score: 83.0/100

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