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Circle and Tether step in to freeze hacker wallet after massive Bitget crypto heist
The stablecoin issuer blacklisted a wallet holding about $318,000 in USDT and USDC. Most of the stolen funds sit in ether, which can't be frozen.
Also covered by 32 outlets
- Crypto Briefing ↗Bitget hot wallet potentially hacked as $19.7M in USDT swapped for ETH in under six minutes
- Crypto Briefing ↗Bitget suspected of hack after $180M moved, raising security concerns
- BeInCrypto ↗Bitget Exchange Reportedly Hacked For Over $170 Million
- Decrypt ↗Bitget Hacked as $350 Million Vanishes From Crypto Exchange Wallets
- Decrypt ↗Bitget 'Potentially Hacked' as $183 Million Vanishes From Exchange Wallets
- The Block ↗More than $170 million in crypto moves from Bitget wallets to unidentified address
- Unchained ↗Bitget’s Hot and Cold Wallets Hit in Suspected Hack Worth More Than $180 Million
- Crypto Briefing ↗Bitget confirms over $350M breach and temporarily pauses withdrawals
- The Defiant ↗Bitget Disables Withdrawals For Every Asset After $165 Million Moves To One Address
- Cointelegraph ↗Bitget confirms $351M security breach, suspends withdrawals
- CoinDesk ↗Crypto exchange Bitget loses $352 million in hack, claims user funds are 'safe'
- CryptoSlate ↗Bitget’s $351.6 million hack pushes September crypto losses to 2026 high
- Bitcoin Magazine ↗Nearly $352M Moved From Crypto Exchange Bitget Wallets in Suspected Hack
- Cointelegraph ↗Asia dominates Crypto Adoption Index, Bitget’s $351M hack: Asia Express
- Cointelegraph ↗Bitget CEO suspects North Korea behind $352M hack, citing IP clues
- CoinDesk ↗Bitget's $352 million hack happened via spoofed transfers, not private keys, CEO Gray Chen says
- CryptoPotato ↗Bitget Reports $351M Hot Wallet Breach, Says User Funds Are Covered
- BeInCrypto ↗North Korean Hackers “Very Likely” Drained $350 Million From Bitget, CEO Says
- Cryptonews ↗Bitget Wallet Hack Steals $351.6M: Gracy Chen Points Finger at North Korea
- CryptoSlate ↗Bitget’s North Korea-linked $352 million hack could drain 76% of its protection fund
- Protos ↗Bitget’s eighth birthday ends with a $352M hack
- Crypto Briefing ↗Bitget raises breach estimate to $387.5M and launches recovery bounty
- BeInCrypto ↗Bitget Hack Timeline: How Its Own System Approved a $387 Million Theft
- Crypto Briefing ↗Bitget halts withdrawals after $351M hack, CEO assures funds safe
- The Defiant ↗Bitget Raises Hack Estimate To $387.5 Million As Token Accounting Widens
- Decrypt ↗Bitget Hack Losses Climb to $387M: Here’s What Happened, and Why North Korea Is a Suspect
- Cointelegraph ↗Bitget clarifies $388M in assets affected by security breach
- Finance Magnates ↗Bitget’s $388 Million Hack Could Consume 84% of Its Protection Fund
- Decrypt ↗Circle and Tether Freeze Stablecoins Tied to Bitget Hack—But Most Funds Slip Away
- CryptoSlate ↗Bitget’s hack just got $36 million bigger, and now there’s a bounty on the stolen crypto
- Bitcoin Magazine ↗North Korean Hackers Linked to $388M Bitget Crypto Exchange Theft: CEO
- Crypto Briefing ↗Bitget pauses withdrawals after $387.5M hack, CEO assures funds safe
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