For its eighth anniversary, Bitget posted a photo of a person standing atop a mountain with a Bitget backpack, captioned, “The view is completely different from up here.” At the same time, users were waiting for the exchange’s statement on the $351.6 million hack; under the anniversary post, ironic comments appeared.

“Check the hot wallets—they’re empty”: User reactions

Comments included: “Bro, get down from there immediately,” “Better check the hot wallets—they’re empty,” “Bro got hacked while hiking,” “You might as well stay up there. It’s too late,” “You got hacked on your anniversary, and the intern is writing about the nice view,” and “What’s going on? Don’t you dare lose my $0.5.”

Jokes about a ‘North Korean link’ to the attack

Online, there were also jokes suggesting North Korean hackers were behind the attack again, and that Kim Jong Un would soon have several new cottages.

The exchange has issued an official response

The exchange’s official response has now been published.