According to analysts, the financial indicator of damage increased by 15% compared to the last month, when the losses from hacks amounted to $ 142 million.
One of the main goals of the attackers in August was the Turkish cryptocurrency exchange of BTCTURK – the site lost assets worth more than $ 48 million. This is the second hack of the exchange over the past year. In June 2024, hackers withdrew over $ 50 million from BTCTURK.
In addition, the largest attacks in August included Odin.fun’s hacks of $ 7 million, Betterbank.io for $ 5 million and Creditx Finance for $ 4.5 million, experts noted.
The largest single incident in August is associated with a private investor. He lost 783 bitcoins totaling $ 91 million due to an attack using the social engineering method, analysts emphasized.
Earlier, specialists in the field of cybersecurity of Hacken reported that the problems with the management of keys and multi -signatures of accounts were the main reason for the successful attacks of hackers on centralized and decentralized exchanges, as well as crypto projects.
Source: Bits
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