Scary stats: $3 billion stolen in 2022 from 'Hacktober', doubling 2021
Blockchain security firm Peckshield shared the stats on Halloween night, but also added that the month saw $100 million of crypto returned.
NewOctober broke all records for crypto exploits and the amount of digital loot stolen - living up to its new 'Hacktober' moniker - according to the latest figures.
On October 31, blockchain security firm PeckShield tweeted some chilling statistics for the month, reporting a total of $2.98 billion in stolen digital assets as of October 31, 2022, nearly double the 1.55 billion dollars lost in 2021. .
“Hacktober” saw about 44 exploits affecting 53 protocols, he added. Malicious actors got away with $760 million during the month, but $100 million was returned.
#PeckShieldAlert ~44 exploits (53 affected protocols) have recovered ~$760.2M in October 2022, and ~$100M have already returned exploited protocols (Total loss: $657.2m) In October 2022 stolen funds (~$3 billion) in 2022 "doubled" last year's loss pic.twitter.com/mKZAjVk7UU
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 31, 2022After October, March was the second highest month for hacked funds with just under $710 million stolen. The majority of this came from the Ronin Bridge exploit, which resulted in the theft of $625 million in crypto assets.
October's biggest achievement by far was the BNB chain, which lost $586 million according to PeckShield. He ranked the Mango Markets DeFi protocol second, although he understands...
Blockchain security firm Peckshield shared the stats on Halloween night, but also added that the month saw $100 million of crypto returned.
NewOctober broke all records for crypto exploits and the amount of digital loot stolen - living up to its new 'Hacktober' moniker - according to the latest figures.
On October 31, blockchain security firm PeckShield tweeted some chilling statistics for the month, reporting a total of $2.98 billion in stolen digital assets as of October 31, 2022, nearly double the 1.55 billion dollars lost in 2021. .
“Hacktober” saw about 44 exploits affecting 53 protocols, he added. Malicious actors got away with $760 million during the month, but $100 million was returned.
#PeckShieldAlert ~44 exploits (53 affected protocols) have recovered ~$760.2M in October 2022, and ~$100M have already returned exploited protocols (Total loss: $657.2m) In October 2022 stolen funds (~$3 billion) in 2022 "doubled" last year's loss pic.twitter.com/mKZAjVk7UU
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 31, 2022After October, March was the second highest month for hacked funds with just under $710 million stolen. The majority of this came from the Ronin Bridge exploit, which resulted in the theft of $625 million in crypto assets.
October's biggest achievement by far was the BNB chain, which lost $586 million according to PeckShield. He ranked the Mango Markets DeFi protocol second, although he understands...
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