Crypto
Bitget Hacker Unleashes New Phase of Massive Heist
The attacker behind the massive Bitget security breach has begun to move funds through Binance, withdrawing $1.23 million and routing it to a wallet linked to the hack.
This marks a new phase in what has become one of the largest crypto heists of 2026, with investigators racing to trace funds across multiple blockchain networks.
The original breach, detected on September 24 at 18:31 UTC, resulted in unauthorized transfers totaling as much as $387.5 million from Bitget's hot and warm wallets.
On-chain analysis revealed five separate withdrawals from Binance's hot wallets on September 25, including approximately 88.35 ETH and $545,000 in USDT.