#hacks
đ¨ September saw a record number of crypto hacks: losses surged by 462%
According to security firm PeckShieldAlert, there were 55 major breaches in September, with total losses reaching a staggering $766.49 millionâa 462% increase compared to August ($136.3 million).
đ Key incidents of the month and top YTD offenders:
⢠Bitget: ~$387 million â a new record high for losses this year.
⢠Liquid Network: ~$320 million ($285 million of which was recovered).
⢠MEV bot front-run: $7.81 million (fully recovered).
⢠Duelbits: $7 million.
⢠Payment Processor V2: $6.6 million ($3.4 million recovered).
⢠DCENT Wallet: $6.57 million.
⢠Astroport: $4.9 million.
⢠Drop: $4.4 million.
⢠Near Intents: $3.865 million â according to ZachXBT, a hot wallet on BSC experienced anomalous outflows. Funds were withdrawn via KuCoin and converted to BTC; the attacker's address is linked to the North Korean group Lazarus Group.
⢠NostraFinance: $3.5 million.
⢠Nomic nBTC Bridge: $3.15 million.
â ď¸ Conclusion: While on-chain detectives and protocols manage to recover some funds, hacker activityâparticularly by state-sponsored groups like Lazarusâhas reached critical levels.
đ¨ September saw a record number of crypto hacks: losses surged by 462%
According to security firm PeckShieldAlert, there were 55 major breaches in September, with total losses reaching a staggering $766.49 millionâa 462% increase compared to August ($136.3 million).
đ Key incidents of the month and top YTD offenders:
⢠Bitget: ~$387 million â a new record high for losses this year.
⢠Liquid Network: ~$320 million ($285 million of which was recovered).
⢠MEV bot front-run: $7.81 million (fully recovered).
⢠Duelbits: $7 million.
⢠Payment Processor V2: $6.6 million ($3.4 million recovered).
⢠DCENT Wallet: $6.57 million.
⢠Astroport: $4.9 million.
⢠Drop: $4.4 million.
⢠Near Intents: $3.865 million â according to ZachXBT, a hot wallet on BSC experienced anomalous outflows. Funds were withdrawn via KuCoin and converted to BTC; the attacker's address is linked to the North Korean group Lazarus Group.
⢠NostraFinance: $3.5 million.
⢠Nomic nBTC Bridge: $3.15 million.
â ď¸ Conclusion: While on-chain detectives and protocols manage to recover some funds, hacker activityâparticularly by state-sponsored groups like Lazarusâhas reached critical levels.