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.
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October 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. However, $100 million had been repaid.

#PeckShieldAlert ~44 exploits (53 affected protocols) have recovered ~$760.2 million in October 2022, and ~$100 million have already returned exploited protocols (loss total: $657.2m) October 2022 stolen funds (~$3bn) in 2022 "doubled" last year's loss pic.twitter.com/mKZAjVk7UU
— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 31, 2022
After 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 Mango Markets' DeFi protocol second, although it includes an agreement...

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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.

Scary stats: $3B stolen in 2022 as of 'Hacktober,' doubling 2021

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October 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. However, $100 million had been repaid.

#PeckShieldAlert ~44 exploits (53 affected protocols) have recovered ~$760.2 million in October 2022, and ~$100 million have already returned exploited protocols (loss total: $657.2m) October 2022 stolen funds (~$3bn) in 2022 "doubled" last year's loss pic.twitter.com/mKZAjVk7UU

— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 31, 2022

After 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 Mango Markets' DeFi protocol second, although it includes an agreement...