Bitget Wallet, the self‑custodial crypto wallet, confirmed that its systems and users’ assets were not affected by a recent security incident at Bitget Exchange. The incident, which involved parts of the exchange’s hot and warm wallet infrastructure, prompted the wallet to conduct precautionary security checks.
According to the exchange’s preliminary investigation, attackers had compromised a backend system, spoofed transaction data and triggered its authorization process. A compromise of private keys has been ruled out, and the hot and warm wallets in question are part of the centralized exchange’s operational infrastructure, controlled by the exchange to process customer transactions.
Bitget Wallet operates on a different model. As a self‑custodial wallet, users control their own wallets and assets remain on‑chain rather than being held in an exchange‑controlled pool. “Our security checks have found no impact on Bitget Wallet’s systems or users’ self‑custodied assets,” the company said in a security advisory. It added that its services remain fully operational.
“No wallet migration or asset transfer is required because of the incident,” Bitget Wallet advised, adding that users should remain alert to phishing and impersonation attempts.
The wallet was originally launched as BitKeep in 2018 and rebranded as Bitget Wallet in 2023. By 2026 it had grown independently as a consumer product, reaching more than 100 million users worldwide. The clarification follows reports that broadly referred to the affected infrastructure as “Bitget wallets,” a wording that could be confused with the Bitget Wallet product.
<small>Source: Daily Post Nigeria — read the original story there.</small>
