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Coverage of cryptocurrency exchange security on WindowsForum.com centers on how digital-asset platforms are breached and what defenders can learn from those incidents. A detailed thread examines the Bitget theft of roughly $387.5 million, where investigators from SlowMist and Google Cloud's Mandiant found attackers entered through third-party security appliances compromised with zero-day exploits rather than by stealing private keys. The discussion traces lateral movement into wallet servers and the limits of hot, warm and cold wallet architectures when the surrounding network is already compromised. For Windows and enterprise IT readers, the cryptocurrency exchange tag highlights supply-chain risk, appliance patching and incident-response lessons that apply well beyond crypto.
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    Bitget $387.5M Crypto Theft: Zero-Day Security Appliance Breach and Wallet Server Lateral Movement

    Bitget spent years building a hot, warm and cold wallet system to protect customer funds. According to the investigators it hired, the attackers who took about $387.5 million from the exchange did not have to steal a single private key. They got in through third-party security products that sat...