Beosin: In the first half of 2024, the total losses in the Web3 sector due to hacker attacks and other factors reached 1.54 billion dollars

According to ChainCatcher news, monitoring and early warning from Beosin Alert shows that in the first half of 2024, the total losses in the Web3 field due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project rug pulls reached 1.54 billion USD. Among them, there were 78 major attack incidents, with 43 stemming from contract vulnerabilities, resulting in total losses of approximately 1.193 billion USD; there were 64 project rug pull incidents, with total losses of about 119 million USD; and phishing scams accounted for total losses of approximately 232 million USD.

In the first half of 2024, there were 3 security incidents with losses exceeding 100 million USD. The total loss in May reached 450 million USD, making it the month with the highest losses in the first half of 2024.

In terms of the types of attacked projects, the highest losses were from CEX, with 4 attacks on CEX causing approximately 392 million USD in losses, accounting for 32.8% of all attack losses.

Regarding losses by chain, Ethereum remains the chain with the highest losses and the most attack incidents. 32 attack incidents on Ethereum resulted in losses of 470 million USD, accounting for 39.4% of the total losses.

In terms of attack methods, there were a total of 22 private key leakage incidents in the first half of the year, causing losses of 894 million USD, which accounted for about 75% of the total attack losses, making it the most prevalent attack type.

In terms of fund flow, approximately 470 million USD (39.3%) of the stolen funds were frozen or recovered. This proportion has significantly increased compared to 2023.