Incident record · Confirmed Bitget CEO: Security incident TL;DR Bitget suffered a hack in September that resulted in the theft of approximately $387.5 million, with little prospect of full recovery. Only around $1.1 million of the stolen funds were frozen, though CEO Gracy Chen clarified that this does not imply their effective return. The exchange’s Protection Fund was replenished above $300 million and ... Read more
Status Confirmed
Reported loss $388.0M
Chain Not specified
Confidence 80%
Evidence boundary Confidence describes the coverage of the available evidence. It is not a safety rating and does not guarantee that a protocol or asset is safe.
Sources Record history First seen: 2026-10-02T08:46:18.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-02T19:00:26.081Z. Revision: 1.
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