Blockchain security company PeckShield said that since the beginning of this year, cyber and About $ 3.37 billion, of which $ 1.3 billion fell on September, October and November 2022.
- In September, 17 hacks occurred, which brought the hackers a profit of $ 171 million. Among them was an attack on the Wintermute cryptocurrency market maker, during which $ 160 million was stolen.
- in October 44 cyber attacks for $ 760 occurred in October , 2 million, including hacking BNB Chain blockchain in the amount of $ 533 million. However, attackers were able to withdraw only $ 100 million, the other part of the funds was frozen by the platform.
- In November, 29 hacks occurred, as a result of which $ 391 million in various digital assets was stolen. These attacks include the hacking of the Deribit exchanger ($ 28 million) and the theft of assets worth more than $ 600 million from the bills of the bankrupt exchange of FTX.
For comparison, for the whole summer, as a result of cyber attacks, hackers stole cryptocurrency worth about $ 446 million. So, for example, in June a hacker hacked the Hormony blockchain-bridge, and stole a cryptocurrency for $ 100 million. The attacker spent 11 transactions within 18 minutes. After that, he began to translate tokens to exchange to Ethereum to a decentralized UNISWAP exchange.
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