Near Intents Hacked for $3.8M Days After Denying North Korea-Linked Bitget Hacker

1. #0110.01
   Initial2026-10-01 15:43 · publication time

   Near Intents Hacked for $3.8M Days After Denying North Korea-Linked Bitget Hacker

   Near Intents halted services after a bug in its Omni deposit/withdrawal layer allowed an attacker to drain roughly $3.8 million, with funds traced to KuCoin and bridged to bitcoin, prompting a 6.7% drop in NEAR and a promise of full user compensation.

   Source evidence: Decrypt

2. #0210.01
   Remediation2026-10-01 15:43 · publication time

   NEAR Intents suffers $3.8M exploit after assistance with Bitget breach

   NEAR Intents said the contract-side vulnerability has been patched, affected users will be fully compensated, the incident has been reported to law enforcement, and it is working with security and blockchain analytics partners to trace funds, with a detailed report to follow.

   State after update: NEAR Intents suffered an exploit of about $3.8 million due to a bug in the Omni deposit/withdrawal infrastructure interaction with its smart contract; the vulnerability has been patched, full user compensation is promised, and funds are being traced.

   Source evidence: Cointelegraph

3. #0310.01
   Confirmation2026-10-01 18:18 · publication time

   NEAR Intents hacked days after freezing stolen Bitget funds

   NEAR Intents resumed some services after patching the contract-side vulnerability, but deposits and withdrawals across a dozen chains (BSC, Polygon, TON, Optimism, Avalanche, Stellar, Monad, LayerX, Adi, Scroll, Plasma) remain halted until the Omni infrastructure is fully patched.

   State after update: NEAR Intents suffered an exploit of about $3.8 million due to a bug in the Omni deposit/withdrawal infrastructure interaction with its smart contract; the vulnerability has been patched, some services have resumed, but deposits and withdrawals across a dozen chains remain halted, full user compensation is promised, funds are being traced, and the incident has been reported to law enforcement.

   Source evidence: Protos

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