Web3 Industry Losses Topped $656 Million in H1 of 2023 — Study

Hackers stole about $471 million within the first six months of 2023 and the theft of $197 million from Euler Finance in March was the one largest hacking incident within the interval, the most recent Beosin Web3 report has proven. Contract vulnerability was the commonest (60) kind of assault in the course of the interval with losses of $264.1 million. The information signifies that many of the rug-pulling incidents occurred on the BNB Chain (80) and digital belongings price $53.4 million had been misplaced within the interval underneath assessment.

Web3 Industry Lost $656 Million in H1

In the primary half of 2023, the Web3 business misplaced as a lot as $656 million to hackers, phishing scams and the so-called rug pulls, the most recent Beosin Web3 safety report has stated. As proven within the report, hackings alone accounted for roughly $471 million, practically 72% of the full losses. Phishing scams accounted for nearly 17% of the full losses ($108.3 million) whereas rug pulls, which rocked decentralized finance in 2021, accounted for the remaining $75.87 million.

The $197 million hack on Euler Finance, which was blamed on North Korea-backed cybercriminals, is the largest in 2023 to date. On June 3, Bitcoin.com News reported an assault on Atomic Wallet and on the time it was believed that hackers had siphoned as a lot as $35 million. However, in response to the Web3 report, the full funds misplaced within the Atomic Wallet hacking is in truth $67 million which makes this the second largest to date. In the remainder of the highest 8 hacking within the H1 of 2023, cybercriminals are believed to have made off with $25 million or much less, the report information reveals.

Most Rug Pulls Occur on the BNB Chain

When in comparison with the hacking losses in prior H1s, the report information reveals that cybercriminals stole extra within the first six months of 2022, about $1.9 billion. In 2021, hackers stole much less, round $375.5 million.

The report information additionally reveals {that a} whole of 85 decentralized finance (defi) initiatives account for the largest portion of the losses — $292.6 million. Contract vulnerability was the commonest (60) kind of assault in the course of the interval with losses of $264.1 million. Arbitrage assaults, personal key compromises, and misconfiguration had been the opposite frequent techniques utilized by criminals.

Meanwhile, the information signifies that many of the rug-pulling incidents occurred on the BNB Chain (80) and digital belongings price $53.4 million had been misplaced within the interval underneath assessment. The Ethereum blockchain had the subsequent highest variety of rug-pulls whereas the Dogecoin chain solely had one such incident. According to the information, Fontech, which misplaced in extra of $30 million, was the highest rug-pulled challenge within the first six months of 2023.

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