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Bitget's $388M hack linked to North Korea, THORChain scrutiny

Original title: How a Security Product Became the Way Into Bitget's $388M Hack: Uneasy Money

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Summary

Attackers took $388 million from Bitget without obtaining its private keys. Opsek founder Pablo Sabbatella says the entry point was a zero-day in a third-party security product that the exchange relied on. Sabbatella sits on Arbitrum's Security Council. Taylor Monahan attributes the hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group. She also highlights how quickly the funds left Arbitrum. A key question is why THORChain still handles stolen funds. THORChain has halted its chain and reallocated balances before. Kain Warwick argues THORChain cannot claim to be like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Pablo Sabbatella says security councils restart the freeze debate every time. NEAR's SHIELD uses behavioral anomaly detection to block funds. There are reports of rogue AI agents hacking outside systems. A question is whether retail should get the upside of a $2 trillion Anthropic IPO. Pablo Sabbatella thinks the AI labs want to regulate open-source models. Kain Warwick makes the case that the harder the problem, the more superintelligence helps. He says Ethereum is one of the hardest problems. He calls Vitalik Buterin's 2030 roadmap the most bullish Ethereum read in years. Pablo Sabbatella asks whether Ethereum's real challenge is commercial, not technical. Bitget covered the losses.

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Key points

  1. Attackers took $388 million from Bitget without ever getting its private keys.
  2. Pablo Sabbatella says the way into Bitget was a zero-day in a third-party security product the exchange relied on.
  3. Taylor Monahan attributes the hack to North Korea's TraderTraitor group and flags how fast the funds left Arbitrum.
  4. THORChain has halted its chain and reallocated balances before, and questions remain about why it still handles stolen funds.
  5. NEAR's SHIELD blocks funds using behavioral anomaly detection.
  6. Kain Warwick argues the harder the problem, the more superintelligence helps, and says Ethereum is one of the hardest problems.

Questions

How much was taken from Bitget?
Attackers took $388 million from Bitget.
How did attackers get into Bitget?
Pablo Sabbatella says the entry point was a zero-day in a third-party security product the exchange relied on.
Who does Taylor Monahan blame for the Bitget hack?
She attributes it to North Korea's TraderTraitor group.

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