The analytics platform only includes confirmed incidents in its statistics where the amount of damage is known. According to their data, the crypto industry suffered its greatest losses in September, reports RBC.
During the first month of autumn, there were 55 major hacks, resulting in total losses of $766.49 million. The largest incidents were the $387 million hack of Bitget and the $320 million attack on Liquid Network. In the latter case, $285 million was recovered.
These two hacks were the largest cryptocurrency thefts since the start of the year. The losses from them exceeded those following the April attacks on Drift ($280 million) and KelpDAO (over $290 million).
The top 10 largest hacks in September also included an attack on the MEV bot yoink ($7.81 million, funds recovered), Duelbits ($7 million), DCENT Wallet ($6.57 million), Astroport ($4.9 million), Drop ($4.4 million), Nostra Finance ($3.5 million) and the Nomic bridge ($3.15 million).
In August, there were 50 attacks, resulting in the theft of $136.3 million. The decentralised service TectonicFi was hit hardest, with $74 million stolen from it.
In July, hackers stole $210 million worth of assets from crypto services in 30 attacks. Of this, $70 million was attributed to a breach of ColdCard’s cold wallets. This attack continued into August, with the total losses rising to $115 million.
In August and September, two data breaches were also reported at Trezor, a manufacturer of hardware wallets. In the first instance, the systems of the delivery service ShipMonk, which Trezor uses, were hacked. In the second, the company’s email provider was compromised. After obtaining Trezor customers’ details, the attackers began sending them phishing emails. The extent of the damage caused by these emails is as yet unknown.
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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