Crypto platforms lost $3.63 billion in hacking attacks

Crypto platforms suffered losses of $3.63 billion due to hacking attacks from January 2025 to July 2026. The first place in these attacks is Bybit, which was hacked at the beginning of 2025 and stole 1.4 billion dollars. KelpDao with 292 million dollars and Drift Protocol with 285 million dollars took the 2nd and 3rd places.

There is also social engineering…

According to Coingecko's report; Of the $3.63 billion, $311 million was stolen through social engineering. So actually there wasn't even a technical hack attack here. Thanks to the passwords obtained through deception, hackers managed to steal cryptocurrencies.

$1.8 billion was lost due to crypto platforms being attacked through external software, services or infrastructures they use, $777 million from smart contract attacks, and $431 million due to the seizure of private keys.

There is also an increase in the number of attacks at unprecedented levels, whether successful or not. A total of 245 attacks were made during the specified period.

60% had completed the security audit

Approximately 60% of the attacked platforms had also completed independent security audits. Therefore, performing these security audits alone is not enough. Because most attacks occur outside the areas controlled by security controls.