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Crypto hacks in September resulted in over $120 million in losses, with the top incidents targeting platforms like BingX, Penpie, and Indodax.
The crypto space has surpassed more than $120 million in losses in September due to more than 20 hacks, down 61.76% from August, according to data from blockchain forensic firm PeckShield.
In an X post on Oct. 1, PeckShield reported that BingX, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, was hit the hardest with over $40 million in losses, followed by Penpie at $27 million, and Indodax, which lost over $21 million. Other incidents included DeltaPrime, which saw $5.98 million stolen, and Truflation with $5.6 million in losses.
A phishing attack targeting $spWETH signatures resulted in an additional $32.4 million drain, though these figures were excluded from the overall tally. Partial funds were returned in the Shezmu hack, which saw $4.9 million stolen. Smaller hacks also impacted Onyx, BananaGun, Bedrock, and CUT, with losses ranging from $1.4 million to $3.8 million.
Over $400m lost in Q3
Despite the significant losses, the overall damage from crypto hacks was markedly lower compared to August, when the industry lost over $300 million worth of crypto in just 10 different incidents. In total, the crypto space saw a loss of nearly $413 million in Q3, per the latest report from web3 bug bounty platform Immunefi.
Data reveals that more than $409.9 million was lost to hacks across 31 specific incidents, and $3,087,552 was lost to fraud across only three specific incidents. Most of that sum was lost by two specific projects: WazirX, India’s crypto exchange, which suffered an attack that resulted in $235,000,000 lost, and BingX.
Analysts at Immunefi say that centralized finance was the main target of successful exploits at nearly 75% as compared to decentralized finance at 25.2% of the total losses. The most attacked blockchain network was Ethereum, with 15 incidents, followed by BNB Chain (formerly Binance Smart Chain) and Coinbase’s network Base.
This article first appeared at crypto.news
