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Shadows in the Ledger: How North Korean Operatives Pulled Off the $388M Bitget Heist 1. The Phantom Probe (06:31 UTC) At 6:31 p.m. UTC on September 24 , state-sponsored North Korean operatives—linked to the TraderTraitor campaign through shared IP history and VPN infrastructure—silently initiated a masterclass in cyber-espionage . Weaponizing a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party security product , the attackers breached Bitget’s internal management systems. Before launching a full assault , they dispatched a microscopic, calculated reconnaissance probe to test the exchange's risk controls: ■ 0.184 ETH dispatched from an Ethereum hot wallet ■ 193 TRX drained from a TRON hot wallet Sailing intentionally beneath Bitget’s automated risk-control thresholds , these tiny transfers triggered zero system alarms. The stealth probe was a success— validating the attackers' forged internal credentials , while leaving security monitors completely blind to the impending ...