Chainalysis Links $387M Bitget Hack to DPRK-Linked Actors After 23 Transfers

Chainalysis has linked the $387 million Bitget hack to DPRK-linked actors after attackers moved funds across four blockchains. The firm said transfers began after the exploit and involved 23 transactions within three hours.

Ethereum carried 49.7% of the funds, while XRP accounted for 40.8%. Zcash represented 7.6%, and Tron handled 1.8%. Chainalysis tracked hundreds of transfers as the attackers moved assets between networks.

Cross-Chain Tracking

Chainalysis said investigators used custom automation to reconstruct transactions across multiple blockchains. The tools reduced more than 20 hours of bridge reconciliation work to under 10 minutes.

The stolen XRP presented a tracing challenge. Attackers routed the tokens through a cross-chain liquidity protocol rather than an exchange. They received Bitcoin on another network through the process.

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