🚨 How to steal an exchange for $387 million and not be able to use it 🚨
Crypto exchange Bitget was hacked and about $387 million was taken. The hardest part is behind us; all that’s left is “just” turning the stolen funds into regular money 🤡
The problem is that the stolen coins are visible to everyone in the world. They need to be routed into other currencies through special exchange services so the trail disappears. The plan looked like this: stole → routed → hid → rode off into the sunset 🌅
Reality: stole → transferred → went to complain to tech support 😭
Those who laundered money for hackers started writing in the public chats of these services. Like in a store: “Hello, I have a problem with my order!”
💸 One person sent for exchange ~277 thousand XRP coins and received 431. Four hundred thirty-one, Karl! It’s like exchanging a thousand dollars and getting a couple of cents in change 🪙
🆘 Someone else registered under the nickname HELP ME. Concise and to the point.
😭 The third wrote that losing this money “will cause problems in life.” Well, yeah—people with that kind of business have risks.
It’s like robbing a bank and then coming back asking the guard where your order is. And even naming the order number 🤣
All of this was noticed and screenshotted by the well-known crypto detective ZachXBT. He assigned participants roles and promises to post more materials. So “laundering through tech support” is still showing negative profitability 📉
Moral: if you stole hundreds of millions, don’t write “HELP ME” in an open chat. And at least read the FAQ 😅
