ZachXBT Posed as a Client to Infiltrate Chinese Syndicate: Security incident

The investigator says he fronted 349,700 USDC and lost 5% on every order to a broker who told him in advance where North Korea's stolen funds were going next

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Sources

• https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/zachxbt-infiltrated-chinese-syndicate-laundering-bybit-hack-funds

Record history

First seen: 2026-10-05T18:30:00.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-05T18:46:08.436Z. Revision: 1.