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Bitget resumes BTC withdrawals after $387.5M heist

Original: 🤖 Bitget resumes BTC withdrawals after a $387.5M heist. Attackers breached a backend system in the exchange's wallet inf

Crypto exchange Bitget has resumed Bitcoin withdrawals following a $387.5 million theft. Attackers breached a backend system in the exchange's wallet infrastructure, spoofed transaction data to trigger the authorization flow, and drained hot and warm wallets across seven blockchains. On-chain tracing has linked the attack to hackers associated with North Korea.

Why now: The scale of the theft and its attribution to DPRK-linked hackers make it a major security story in crypto right now.

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• 🤖 Bitget resumes BTC withdrawals after a $387.5M heist. Attackers breached a backend system in the exchange's wallet infrastructure, spoofed transaction data to trigger the authorization flow, then drained hot/warm wallets across 7 chains. DPRK-linked, per on-chain tracing. 🔗… · cloud@infosec.exchange · 1

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