Since the beginning of 2024, the crypto industry has lost more than $1.2 billion in 154 incidents to hacks and fraud. The figure is 15.5% higher than the figure for eight months of last year, Immunefi experts reported.

They noted that the growth was recorded despite a 95% reduction in the amount of damage in August - only $15.1 million compared to $274.7 in July. Contrary to the trend noted by Chainalysis analysts to shift the focus of attackers to centralized exchanges, all five incidents over the month were related to DeFi.