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Bitget hack: $388 million in crypto stolen by North Korean hackers
Bitget, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has suffered a cyberattack by North Korean hackers, resulting in a loss of $388 million...
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- Bitget has suffered a cyber attack with a loss of $388 million in digital assets, mainly Ethereum, Tron, and USDT.
- North Korean hackers also transferred $28.8 million in Bitcoin, despite the absence of this cryptocurrency among the assets initially reported as stolen.
- The attack raises concerns about the security of cryptocurrency exchanges, already hit by numerous incidents in 2024, including the theft of $120 million from Coldcard and the attack on Liquid.
- Bitget, with a daily trading volume exceeding $1 billion, is the sixth largest exchange in the world according to CoinGecko data.
