--- title: "2026 crypto hack losses reach $2.35 billion, report shared with Bitcoin Magazine says" description: "A Lightning.news report shared with Bitcoin Magazine puts net 2026 crypto hack losses at roughly $2.35 billion after freezes and returns, with September…" language: en canonical: "https://whycoinmoves.com/en/events/bitcoin-centralized-exchange-defi-losses-dominate-14712c83169b50" published: 2026-10-28T17:46:03.000Z updated: 2026-10-28T18:48:00.000Z indexable: true --- # 2026 crypto hack losses reach $2.35 billion, report shared with Bitcoin Magazine says A Lightning.news report shared with Bitcoin Magazine puts net 2026 crypto hack losses at roughly $2.35 billion after freezes and returns, with September… Attributed sources: [Bitcoin Magazine]() ## Key facts A Lightning.news report shared with Bitcoin Magazine puts net 2026 crypto hack losses at roughly $2.35 billion after freezes and returns, with September alone accounting for about $768 million. The largest single loss was Bitget's September 24 drain of roughly $387.5 million from hot and warm wallets; the exchange and firms including Chainalysis, Elliptic and TRM Labs linked it to North Korea. Evidence strength: Single source, 1 publisher group(s) (Bitcoin Magazine). After site detection, observed returns were 5 minutes: +0.14% (Oct 28, 2026, 17:46 → Oct 28, 2026, 17:51, UTC; Gate · USDT); 1 hour: +0.29% (Oct 28, 2026, 17:46 → Oct 28, 2026, 18:46, UTC; Gate · USDT) In the preceding 30 days, the 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns was 1.01% (OKX · USDT; cutoff Oct 28, 2026, 17:46, UTC). ## Returns after site detection | Window | Return | BTC | Difference from BTC | Actual sampled interval (UTC) | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 5 minutes | +0.14% | +0.14% | 0.00 pp | Oct 28, 2026, 17:46 → Oct 28, 2026, 17:51 | Gate · USDT | | 1 hour | +0.29% | +0.29% | 0.00 pp | Oct 28, 2026, 17:46 → Oct 28, 2026, 18:46 | Gate · USDT | ## Historical hourly baseline | Metric | Value | | --- | --- | | Coverage | 100.0% (720/720) | | Median absolute hourly return | 0.14% | | 99th percentile of absolute hourly returns | 1.01% | | BTC beta | 1.00 | | Source / cutoff (UTC) | OKX · USDT / Oct 28, 2026, 17:46 | ## Claims and open questions - A Lightning.news report shared with Bitcoin Magazine puts net 2026 crypto hack losses at roughly $2.35 billion after freezes and returns, with September alone accounting for about $768 million. - The largest single loss was Bitget's September 24 drain of roughly $387.5 million from hot and warm wallets; the exchange and firms including Chainalysis, Elliptic and TRM Labs linked the incident to North Korea. - Liquid Network lost roughly 4,000 real bitcoins, valued near $320 million at the time, after attackers exploited an Elements software bug in early September; self-described white-hat actors returned 3,400 BTC and kept about 600 BTC. - Which protocols make up the full 2026 tally of more than $50,000 in losses beyond those named in the report? - Will Bitget or investigators publish an official statement or filing detailing the attribution of the September 24 drain to North Korea? ## Source evidence - [Centralized Exchange and DeFi Losses Dominate 2026 Crypto Hacks Despite Hardware Wallet Failures]() — Bitcoin Magazine; published Oct 28, 2026, 17:43; received Oct 28, 2026, 17:46 (UTC). ## Recent BTC events and market reactions - [Bitcoin Core discloses low-severity undo file overflow bug and releases fixes]() — Published Oct 28, 2026, 04:00 (UTC) · Official source (1 publisher) · General news · 5m +0.07% / 1h +0.41% - [Bitcoin Core fixes TCP urgent-data flaw affecting non-Linux nodes]() — Published Oct 28, 2026, 04:00 (UTC) · Official source (1 publisher) · General news · 5m -0.05% / 1h +0.38% - [Strategy shareholders approve daily dividends on four preferred stocks]() — Published Oct 28, 2026, 15:32 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (2 publishers) · General news · 5m +0.05% / 1h -0.03% - [Bitcoin Core fixes memory growth flaw affecting pre-BIP31 peers]() — Published Oct 27, 2026, 04:00 (UTC) · Official source (1 publisher) · Project updates · 5m +0.03% / 1h -0.13% - [Bitwise lifts 2036 bitcoin price target to about $1.6 million]() — Published Oct 28, 2026, 15:07 (UTC) · Multiple publishers (2 publishers) · Market watch · 5m +0.04% / 1h -0.13% - [Full coin archive]() ## Research for this archive - [Crypto hacks and price impact: Bybit and Cetus case studies]() - [Why is crypto moving? 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