💥 BITGET — $351.6 MILLION

September 24, 2026
Attackers compromised a critical backend system in Bitget's wallet infrastructure and triggered unauthorized transfers. Bitget says its cold wallets remained secure.

Gulf News

📊 BIGGEST EXCHANGE HACKS
1️⃣ Bybit — $1.46B — 2025
2️⃣ Coincheck — $534M — 2018
3️⃣ Mt. Gox — ~$470M — 2014
4️⃣ FTX — ~$450M — 2022
5️⃣ Bitget — $351.6M — 2026
6️⃣ DMM Bitcoin — $305M — 2024
7️⃣ KuCoin — $281M — 2020
8️⃣ WazirX — ~$234M — 2024
9️⃣ BitMart — $196M — 2021
🔟 Bitfinex — $72M — 2016
💰 The scale is massive.

And remember: these figures are the value at the time of the incidents. They are not necessarily the amount users ultimately lost, because some exchanges compensated customers or recovered/froze funds.

For example, the FBI attributed the $1.5B Bybit theft in February 2025 to North Korean TraderTraitor actors.
Internet Crime Complaint Center

🔐 Crypto lesson:
The blockchain may be transparent — but the systems controlling access to crypto can still be attacked.