Experts from the analytical platform DeFillama reported that hackers were able to steal more than $6.7 billion from decentralized finance protocols over the past year. The so-called crypto bridges suffered the most.
Hackers were able to take advantage of the growing popularity of DeFi platforms in the crypto community and vulnerabilities in hastily built bridges.
Analyzing the main reasons that led to hacks and theft of assets from decentralized platforms, DeFillama experts report that about 23% of cases were associated with the compromise of private keys, 7% were access control exploits, approximately 5.8% were the result of verification errors, and more 5% through schemes focused on quote oracles.
The opinion of the head of LayerZero is shared by Erin Plante, vice president of investigations at Chainalysis, who says that crypto bridges have become a popular target for hackers in recent years:
Source: Cryptocurrency
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