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Crypto Hacks Hit $766M in September With Bitget and Liquid Leading Losses

Strip out Bitget and Liquid, and the other 53 September hacks total about $59 million, less than half of the $136.3 million lost in August.

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  • PeckShield counted 55 major crypto hacks in September totaling $766.49 million, about 462% above August's $136.3 million, with two incidents accounting for nearly all losses.
  • Bitget lost about $387 million via a spoofed backend authorization, while Liquid Network's roughly $320 million theft saw $285 million returned, PeckShield noted.
  • SlowMist said North Korea-linked hackers are laundering Bitget funds using CoW Protocol orders, Chainflip deposits and CoinJoin to obscure movements.

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