Krypto industry lost $ 2.1 billion through hacker attacks in the first half of 2025

In the first six months of 2025, cryptories suffered losses of $ 2.1 billion due to hacker attacks. This is stated in the TRM Labs report.

Data: TRM Labs.

More than 80% of losses Infrastructure, including theft of private keys, Sid-phrase and front-line replacement. The attackers often used social engineering and insiders. Analysts noted that the average damage from such incidents is tenacious exceeds losses from other types of attacks.

Another 12% of cases are associated with the vulnerability of the Defi protocols-in particular with the use of flashcredites and re-entry attacks.

The total amount of losses was almost equal to the volume for the entire 2024 year and by 10% exceeded the record of the first half of 2022. Most of the total rates are at BYBIT breakdown in February with a loss of about $ 1.5 billion. As noted in Arkham, an attack was a Lazarus group, related to the DPRK. As a result, the average damage from one incident increased to $ 30 million – twice as much as in 2024.

TRM Labs estimates that hacker groups from North Korea abducted $ 1.6 billion, which is 70% of all losses per six months.

Cryptoprorective experts to strengthen safety: to implement multifactorial authentication, to improve cold storage systems and to combat insider risks more effectively. Analysts also emphasized the need for international coordination and information exchange in the industry.

“Record losses in the first half of 2025 is a call for actions that should stimulate the creation of a collective, strategically designated security system,” TRM Labs said.

We will remind, in the first quarter of cyberattacks caused a crypto industry of losses of $ 1.64 billion in 40 incidents. In May, the losses from the breaks reached $ 244 million.

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