Crypto robbery increased by 42% in Volume in 2023, with 283 incidents, according to an analysis of Consumer Awareness Firm Comparitech.
Compared to 199 crypto -theft incidents in 2022, the total monetary value stolen in 2023, however, fell by 51% in 2022, from $ 3.55 billion to $ 1.75 billion.
Caring for $ 16.93 million crypto has already been stolen in 2024 from January 15. This is double the $ 8.37 million stolen in January 2023.
The Comparitech study also showed that the number of carpet tracts and flinges in 2023 decreased by 25% compared to 2022, from 365 to 273. The value of cryptocurrency lost in this scam also fell by half in the same period, from $ 1.2 billion in 2022 to $ 656 m in 2023.
Carpet tracts are incidents in which the founders of new crypto tokens or non-fungal tokens (NFTs) take off before the project is fully built. Leave scam of longer and more established projects. Scams deal with incidents such as Ponzi schedules, honeypots and imitations of other coins.
A factor that can explain the significant reduction in the stolen crypto money is the decrease in the value of decentralized finances (Defi) last year.
Crypto -robbery and scam trends
The three largest crypto raids and reasons/scams in 2023 were the following:
- Mixin Network – $ 200 million: This followed a compromise of the Mixin’s CloudserviceProvider database in September 2023.
- Euler Finance – $ 197m: Threat actors have stolen the funds of Euler’s Defi -Leen protocol after using a vulnerability in its code in March 2023.
- Jpex – $ 192m: This theft took place after a crypto -wang with a platform without a permit in Hong Kong.
The researchers noted that attacks on Defi -Platforms last year were 51% of the crypto robberies. This was followed by hacks about individual cryptocurrencies (30%).
In general, a total of $ 27 billion has been lost in crypto robberies, carpet trekkings and scams so far during all years.
Rebecca Moody, head of data research at Comparitech, noted that some of the largest crypto thefts took place through private key compromises.
“This emphasizes the constant vulnerabilities of crypto platforms and how some platforms that advertise themselves as ‘decentralized’ in fact have a centralized storage system for private keys,” she said.
Separate research published by Comparitech On January 15, it appeared that Ransomware attacks on US government organizations cost more than $ 860 million in downtime, with possibly more than 250 million people affected during the period January 2018 to December 2023.