**🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Sunday, 4 October 2026**
**DPRK crypto theft tops $1 billion for 2026**
Chainalysis now attributes the Bitget hack to North Korea's Lazarus-linked apparatus, citing on-chain links between stolen XRP and ether from an earlier DPRK theft. Combined with Bitget's $387.5 million, confirmed North Korean crypto theft in 2026 has passed $1 billion, the largest annual total on record.
**Previously:**
How Did Lazarus Steal $80K From Bitget CEO Gracy Chen in a Fake Zoom Interview?
**🕵️ Hacked coins on the move – Saturday, 3 October 2026**
**Coldcard thief launders $7.8M more**
The Wave 3 Coldcard exploit attacker moved another $7.8 million in Bitcoin through mixers and cross-chain swaps on October 1, bringing total laundered funds to roughly 97 BTC; about 82% of the stolen crypto remains in attacker-controlled addresses.
https://latestincyber.substack.com/p/coldcard-hacker-moves-to-launder
**Bitget freezes grow, still tiny**
Trackers now put Bitget-hack freezes at $1.1 million of the $388 million taken, up from the roughly $318,000 reported yesterday, as most of the stolen funds continue moving through the Wasabi, Tron and THORChain routes already reported.
https://qz.com/bitget-frozen-funds-crypto-hack-recovery-100226
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