According to Certik
According to Certik
in December 2022
According to the blockchain security company Certik, the number of cryptocurrency incidents in connection with exit scams, hacks and code exploits in December 2022 was the lowest monthly number of the year. Certik found that the combined incidents amounted to $ 62.2 million, which "was lost through exploits, hacks and fraud.
record-low cyber attacks in December 2022 lead to losses of $ 62.2 million
on December 31, 2022, certik tweeted that there was least exploits, hacks and scams in the last month. All incidents totaled around $ 62.2 million, and Certik found that this was the "lowest monthly number" of the year.
certik stated that exit fraud was $ 15.5 million and flashloan attacks $ 7.6 million. The biggest flashloan attack came from the lodestar-exploit Exit fraud was Defrost Finance.
The following day, January 1, 2023, Certik said Exploits, hacks and fraud of the previous month of "23 big attacks". The biggest incident that has occurred was the Helio protocol and the StableCoin attack.
Despite the 23 incidents in which 62.2 million US dollars was lost in November 2022, Certik that there were "36 big attacks", in which $ 595 million were lost. The biggest incident in Nov. 2022 was the ftx-hack which took place on the same day, on which the company applied for insolvency protection in accordance with Chapter 11.
During the FTX hacks, $ 477 million were stolen, and the second largest incident in November 2022 was that of Deribit loss of $ 28 million . In 2022 there was a record number of hacks, and the slowdown in December 2022 was a welcome relief for many.
according to statistics, in addition to the FTX hack in November 2022, one of the biggest hacks binance smart chars’s token-hub-Exploit The break of the ronin bridge Wurmloch-Exploit in which $ 326 million were stolen.
on December 15, 2022 Elliptic noted about 2.7 billion US dollar for protocols (Defi) were skimmed off. The blockchain security company Peckshield estimates that in 2021 $ 1.55 billion was taken from defi protocols.
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