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SecurityBitget lost about $387.5 million from hot wallets. That is an exchange ledger.
On 24 September 2026 Bitget halted withdrawals after unauthorised transfers from hot and warm wallets. The first figure was $351.6 million. A later count, including Zcash and TRON, put it at about $387.5 million. Customer keys were not the story Bitget told.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
SecurityCosmos Hub restarted and moved 1,227,121 ATOM. That is a validator choice, not finality.
On 23 September 2026 Cosmos Hub resumed at 12:00 UTC on Gaia v28.3.0. A one-time state change at height 33,086,741 moved 1,227,121 ATOM from a Neutron attacker’s account to a 4-of-6 recovery multisig.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
SecurityD’CENT’s app leaked the phrase. The hardware device is a different object.
On 16 September 2026 D’CENT said abnormal transfers were hitting its App Wallet. By 25 September, tallies put the XRP piece at about 12.4 million XRP from 7,393 wallets. The biometric device was not the hole by itself.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
SecurityNomic’s nBTC broke. Osmosis froze allBTC. A voucher is not bitcoin.
On 9 September 2026 Osmosis said about 39.84 nBTC — roughly 36% of Alloyed BTC backing — was affected. An emergency upgrade froze 22.65 BTC. Mint and redeem are paused.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
SecurityLiquid printed unbacked L-BTC. Bitcoin did not break.
On 6 September 2026 a bug in Elements let unbacked L-BTC be minted and pegged out. About 3,996 BTC left the federation reserve. 3,400 came back the next day. The rest had not, as of the incident reports.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min readSecurityCronos rolled back ~11,000 blocks after Tectonic. That is a validator choice, not finality.
On 30 August 2026 Cronos halted at block 90,907,150 and restored state to 90,896,188. About $111.2 million reversed on-chain; about $9.19 million had already left.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
SecurityTrezor’s shipping partner leaked customer details. The device is not the leak.
ShipMonk told Trezor it had unauthorised access to order data. About 13,700 recent buyers were exposed. Hardware wallets and keys were not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
SecurityCoinbase’s contractor breach is an insider story, not a chain failure
In a 14 May 2025 filing, Coinbase said overseas support contractors stole account data and that it would not pay a $20 million ransom. Keys in cold storage were not the headline. Names were.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readSecurityThe Bybit theft was a company wallet. The chain did what signatures do.
Bybit lost a record sum from a wallet its signers controlled. Later attribution pointed at North Korea. A 2026 lawsuit tries to freeze what can still be reached.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min readSecurityDMM Bitcoin’s theft is Japan’s custody lesson, again
On 31 May 2024 DMM Bitcoin reported an unauthorised outflow of 4,502.9 BTC. A company wallet was emptied. Bitcoin’s rules were not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readSecurityTrezor’s support portal leak was a helpdesk, not the device
On 17 January 2024 Trezor said a support ticketing vendor had been accessed. Hardware wallets stayed intact. The inbox did not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readLatest Security news
SecurityLedger devices from one reseller had an extra part. The chip was not the hole.
Buyers from a Southeast Asian reseller were told not to set unused devices up. Researcher estimates of the loss run from the tens of millions into the mid-nineties. Ledger has not confirmed a total. The Secure Element was not the clipboard.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min readSecurityBitget lost about $387.5 million from hot wallets. That is an exchange ledger.
On 24 September 2026 Bitget halted withdrawals after unauthorised transfers from hot and warm wallets. The first figure was $351.6 million. A later count, including Zcash and TRON, put it at about $387.5 million. Customer keys were not the story Bitget told.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min readSecurity