The amount exceeded the losses recorded for the entire 2024 year, specified in Certik. The largest share of losses falls on hacked cryptocurrencies: during 34 hacker attacks, more than $ 1.7 billion were stolen. Fishing attacks accounted for 132 cases and more than $ 410 million. The hackers took advantage of vulnerabilities in the code 114 times, leading to financial losses for $ 283 million.
Certik specified that in the first six months of the year, taking into account the returned and frozen funds, the adjusted net loss amounted to $ 2.29 billion. This exceeds the adjusted amount of losses of crypto platforms for 2024 ($ 1.98 billion).
Certik security experts said that the ex-whale fraud, when the developers themselves are kidnapped by client funds, in the first half of the 2025th there was less often. However, the total losses from this type of crypto -mesh and market manipulations amounted to almost $ 20 million. The damage from impaired access control is estimated at about $ 42 million.
A significant part of the losses this year (72% or $ 1.78 billion) is associated with the largest cryptocurrency in the history of cryptocurrencies by the BYBIT crypto -tank and the exploit of the Cetus protocol, which has lost $ 225.6 million. Without these incidents, the loss of crypto platforms for the first half would amount to about $ 690 million, Certik experts calculated.
Recently, hackers hacked the Iranian Nobitex crypto-tank, stole $ 89.1 million with it, and also attacked the Alex Lab service, kidnapping $ 16.1 million. Certik specialists also mentioned attacks on Bitopro, Cork Protocol, KiloEx and ZKKSYNC-based projects, which occurred due vulnerabilities in smart contracts and infrastructure. Projects based on the Ethereum’s blockchain were affected most of all – in the course of 164 attacks, total losses exceeded $ 1.58 billion. Bitcoin blockchain projects suffered less – about $ 373 million were stolen over ten incidents.
Earlier, Certik experts reported that in December, the losses of crypto companies from exploits, hacks and fraud reached $ 28.6 million. This is the minimum monthly indicator in 2024.
Source: Bits
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