Chainalysis AI cuts $387M Bitget hack tracing to under 10 minutes

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Built from 5 sources 3 Oct 2026 · 12:06 UTC 1 min read Main editor: Earl Jacobson

Chainalysis said its in-house AI reduced more than 20 hours of manual bridge reconciliation to under 10 minutes while investigating the $387 million Bitget hack. The breach involved 23 transfers across four chains within three hours. Chainalysis assigned 49.7% to Ethereum, 40.8% to XRP, 7.6% to Zcash and 1.8% to Tron. Investigators directed the matching and reviewed results. Chainalysis attributed the attack to North Korean actors, pushing their 2026 theft above $1 billion. Stolen XRP was swapped to Bitcoin addresses controlled by attackers.

Key points

Chainalysis said its in-house AI cut over 20 hours of manual bridge reconciliation to under 10 minutes.
Chainalysis attributed the attack to North Korean actors and said their 2026 crypto theft was above $1 billion.
Investigators directed the AI matching and reviewed results, while stolen XRP moved through cross-chain swaps to Bitcoin.

Why it matters

A faster tracing workflow can help exchanges, issuers and law enforcement match cross-chain flows. The attack pushed 2026 North Korea-linked crypto theft above $1 billion.

Price context · XRP

At publication

$1.49

Now

$1.31

Change since

−12.08%

7 days

Sources · 5 publishers

The Defiant Tier 1 First report 2 Oct, 16:10 UTC

Chainalysis Links $387 Million Bitget Hack to North Korea

Crypto Briefing Tier 2 2 Oct, 16:24 UTC

Chainalysis links most of the stolen XRP in $387M Bitget hack to North Korea

Crypto.news Tier 2 3 Oct, 12:00 UTC

Chainalysis AI traces $387M Bitget hack in under 10 minutes

Blockonomi Tier 3 3 Oct, 13:54 UTC

Bitget Hack Tied to North Korea as Stolen XRP Flows Into Bitcoin

Decrypt Tier 1 3 Oct, 17:01 UTC

Chainalysis Used AI to Trace the $387M Bitget Hack Back to North Korea

Coverage timeline

Oct 2, 16:10First reported by The Defiant
Oct 2, 16:24Also reported by Crypto Briefing
Oct 3, 12:06CryptoVideos brief published
Oct 3, 13:54–17:012 more publishers added to sources

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