Cryptocurrency Attacks Slow In December, Resulting In Year's Lowest Monthly Loss

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  • With 23 incidents, cryptocurrency attacks in December lowest in 2022: CertiK.
  • The Helio Protocol incident resulted in the largest loss of $15M.

The month of December saw a significant decrease in the amount of cryptocurrency stolen by hackers and exploiters, with a total of $62.2 million in assets taken.

This marks the lowest monthly figure for the year, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.

Of the 23 major attacks that occurred during the month, exit scams were responsible for the greatest value at $15.5 million, while flash loan-based exploits accounted for $7.6 million.

In another tweet, CertiK stated that 23 major attacks were recorded in December totaling a loss of about $61.3 million.

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Cryptocurrency Security Remains Priority As Attacks Continue To Occur

The Helio Protocol incident on Dec. 2, in which a trader took advantage of a price discrepancy to borrow millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, resulted in the largest loss of the month at $15 million.

The second largest attack was the $12.9-million exploit of Defrost Finance's v1 and v2 protocols on Dec. 23, in which an attacker used a fake collateral token and malicious price oracle to liquidate the protocols.

In comparison, November saw a total of $595 million in crypto assets stolen in 36 major incidents, with the largest being the $477-million hack of FTX.

So far this year, the 10 largest exploits have resulted in approximately $2.1 billion being stolen, largely from DeFi protocols and cross-blockchain bridges.

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