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Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says she suspects North Korean attackers exploited a backend system used to process wallet transactions to drain $387M from the platform

Another major hack has rattled the cryptocurrency world. On Thursday night, crypto exchange Bitget suffered a security breach …

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Bitget CEO Gracy Chen says she suspects North Korean attackers exploited a backend system used to process wallet transactions to drain $387M from the platform

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