Global Ledger analysts calculated that in January – March of this year, scammers stole $ 1.93 billion from crypto companies, which became a record. This almost corresponds to the size of losses from attacks for the entire 2024 year.

Contract exploits remain the main vector of the direction of hackers. They account for 62.79% of cases, and these attacks caused the greatest financial damage in three months – $ 1.5 billion or 77.56% of all losses in monetary terms.

In second place – compromised private keys ($ 140 million losses), followed by Rug Pull fraudulent schemes – there were only two of them, but they took $ 290 million (14.82%).

The greatest losses were suffered by centralized crypto -rhins – $ 1.54 billion, or 79.56% of total losses. Cryptoists will continue to remain the main goals for attacks of attackers, according to Global Ledger.

$ 1.44 billion from the stolen funds (74%) is associated with the actions of the North Korean hackers. All other groups taken together stole only $ 0.45 billion, despite many attacks.

“This is emphasized by the high -precision, the state -sponsored approach to hacking infrastructure in order to financial enrichment of the DPRK elite,” analysts said.

The Tornado Cash cryptomy remained the most popular asset laundering tool – it was used in 53.33% of all cases. On average, 43 hours pass between the hacking and the public disclosure of the fact of the attack, and the stolen funds reach targeted addresses in less than 68 hours, experts said.

Earlier, the Bank of Russia said that during the first quarter of this year 2,780 companies with signs of illegal activities were identified, which is 56% more than in 2024. Of these, 1,638 worked as financial pyramids, and 86% of such organizations received contributions in cryptocurrency.