Hackers stole more than 1.1 billion dollars from crypto services in the third quarter

Hackers stole over $1.1 billion from crypto services in the third quarter

According to the results of the third quarter, hackers carried out at least 135 attacks on cryptocurrency services, stealing a total of $1.14 billion in assets. These figures are presented in a report by the analytical platform PeckShield.

The greatest damage to the crypto industry was inflicted in September, when 55 major hacks occurred with combined losses of $766.49 million. The largest incidents were the attack on the Bitget platform, where losses reached $387 million, and the hack of Liquid Network for $320 million, of which $285 million was later recovered. These two cases became the largest cryptocurrency thefts since the beginning of the year, surpassing the losses from the April attacks on Drift and KelpDAO.

The largest September hacks also included attacks on the MEV bot yoink for $7.81 million, the Duelbits service for $7 million, DCENT Wallet for $6.57 million, as well as the Astroport, Drop, Nostra Finance projects, and the Nomic bridge. Earlier, in August, 50 attacks were recorded with damages of $136.3 million, with the TectonicFi service suffering the most, losing $74 million. In July, $210 million was stolen as a result of 30 attacks, of which $70 million was accounted for by ColdCard cold wallets, and the total losses from this incident later increased to $115 million.

In addition, in August and September, two data leaks became known at the hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor, which occurred due to the hacking of the systems of the delivery service ShipMonk and the email provider. The attackers obtained customer contacts and began sending phishing emails, and the damage from these actions is currently being established.