Beosin: The total losses caused by hacker attacks, phishing scams, and rug pulls in May amounted to 154 million USD

2024-05-31 16:57:16

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ChainCatcher news, according to monitoring by blockchain security audit company Beosin Alert, the total loss from various security incidents in May 2024 increased compared to April. In May 2024, there were over 27 typical security incidents, with a total loss of 154 million USD due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and Rug Pulls, an increase of about 52.5% compared to April. Among them, attack incidents accounted for about 54.51 million USD, an increase of about 3.7%; phishing scam incidents accounted for about 97.4 million USD, an increase of about 754%; and Rug Pull incidents accounted for about 2.04 million USD, a decrease of about 94.5%.

This month, there were 2 hacker attack incidents with losses exceeding 10 million USD: the gaming platform Gala Games lost 22.5 million USD due to private key leakage, and Sonne Finance lost 20 million USD due to a contract vulnerability. This month saw a significant increase in phishing scams, with multiple phishing incidents resulting in losses exceeding 1 million USD, including one address poisoning scam with a loss of 72 million USD. The number of crypto crime cases continued to rise this month, with several cases involving amounts exceeding 100 million USD.

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