Hackers Stole Over $2.47 Billion in Cryptocurrency in H1 2025
In the first half of 2025, hackers stole over $2.47 billion in cryptocurrency, surpassing last year's total of $2.42 billion, as reported by Certik's Hack3d Report.
Key points include:
- The Bybit breach and Cetus Protocol exploit accounted for $1.78 billion.
- Wallet compromises led to $1.7 billion in losses.
- Phishing attacks resulted in $410 million stolen across 132 incidents.
- $801 million was lost in Q2, a 52% decrease from Q1.
- $1.5 billion was stolen on Ethereum through 164 incidents; Bitcoin saw $373 million lost in 10 incidents.
CertiK co-founder Ronghui Gu emphasized the concentration of losses in two major events while highlighting the ongoing security challenges in the industry.