How much money crypto hackers stole in August
Hacker attacks or phishing attempts take place daily in the crypto sector.
Hacker attacks or phishing attempts take place daily in the crypto sector. Apparently with success: hackers brought in a hefty haul in August.
In August hackers stolen more than $313 million in cryptocurrencies in ten attacks.
According to the blockchain analytics service PeckShield View post on X phishing attacks to the most effective method. Through these attacks, hackers made about $293 million.
In total, hackers captured $238 million in BTC and $55 million in DAI.
Casualties in August included the Ronin network and the decentralized financial protocol Nexera.
Ronin was the victim of a major hack at Axie Infinity back in 2022. Then hackers stole about $600 million. The attack is attributed to the North Korean hacker group Lazarus.
