DeFi Clients Lost $228 Million to Hackers in Past 3 Months

In the recent past, there has been a dramatic rise in the number of cyber incidents, where cyber threat actors have tried to exploit many cryptocurrency projects. It is interesting to note that hackers have significantly targeted DeFi, according to the latest report by the leading bug bounty program – Immunefi.

According to this report, the total hacks across blockchains have increased up to 63%, during the second quarter of 2023 when compared to the activities recorded from the same period last year. While the overall losses went as low as 60%, ImmuneFi notes that the number of hacks has only grown by 65%, with the losses shooting up by 225%.  

According to Immunefi’s analysis of the attacks that were launched against DeFi platforms, they lost an overall sum of around $228 million in the second quarter across 79 separate cyber incidents. In comparison, over the course of two instances, centralized platforms lost $37 million. 

The firm’s analysis further concluded that most of the losses in cryptocurrency were a result of two specific incidents – the Atomic Wallet Hack of June 3 and the exit scam by the Fintoch platform, which is no longer in use. 

Atomic Wallet Hack 

The self-custodial wallet – Atomic Wallet – lost a whopping $100 million in crypto allegedly to the North Korea-linked hackers, Lazarus Group. According to the Atomic Wallet team, the threat organization affected “less than 0.

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