Morning Edition · Monday, October 26, 2026Published at 1:45 AM EDT · New York

Bitget Hacker Resumes Laundering as October's Security Roundup Adds Ledger Implants and Balancer's Wind-Down

The attacker behind Bitget's $387.5 million theft moved $19.48 million between Oct. 21 and Oct. 24, while estimates of losses from tampered Ledger devices sold by a reseller range from $86 million to $102 million.

Several large incidents from recent weeks moved into new phases over the weekend. Rekt News has published post-mortems on most of them. Bitget. The September 24 theft of $387.5 million from Bitget's hot and warm wallets did not involve stol…