{"id":592922,"date":"2023-10-02T09:15:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T06:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/september-becomes-the-biggest-month-for-crypto-exploits-in-2023-certik\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T09:15:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T06:15:51","slug":"september-becomes-the-biggest-month-for-crypto-exploits-in-2023-certik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/september-becomes-the-biggest-month-for-crypto-exploits-in-2023-certik\/","title":{"rendered":"# September becomes the biggest month for crypto exploits in 2023: CertiK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=840\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-10\/2e15fcc8-a56a-4bed-9faf-674dbf5fe83e.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p itemprop=\"description\" class=\"post__lead\" data-v-ff33fc9a> The Mixin Network cross-chain protocol accounted for almost two-thirds of the crypto exploit losses in September. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-ff33fc9a>September has officially become the worst month in 2023 (so far) for crypto-related exploits \u2014 with a whopping $329.8 million in crypto stolen.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 2, blockchain security firm CertiK said the most significant contributor to the month\u2019s totals came from the Mixin Network attack on Sept. 23, when the Hong Kong-based decentralized cross-chain transfer protocol lost $200 million due to a breach of its cloud service provider.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CertiKStatsAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CertiKStatsAlert<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Combining all the incidents in September we\u2019ve confirmed ~$332M lost to exploits, hacks and scams.<\/p>\n<p>Exit scams were ~$1.9M<\/p>\n<p>Flash loans were ~$0.4M<\/p>\n<p>Exploits were ~$329.8M<\/p>\n<p>See more details below  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DMFN9LWU8V\">pic.twitter.com\/DMFN9LWU8V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CertiKAlert\/status\/1708094695832682893?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Other major incidents for the month included the attacks on the CoinEx exchange and Stake.com, resulting in losses of $53 million and $41 million, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by Cointelegraph, North Korean hacking collective the Lazarus Group has been fingered for both attacks. The latest figures from Dune Analytics <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/21co\/lazarus-group-crypto-holdings\">claim<\/a> that the group currently holds $45.6 million in crypto assets.<\/p>\n<p>The attack has taken the yearly total of crypto lost to exploits to $925.4 million. July was the second-highest month for exploit losses, with $285.8 million pilfered.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the month also saw\u00a0$1.9 million lost to exit scams, $400,000 to flash loan attacks and another $25 million to phishing attacks,\u00a0according to CertiK.<\/p>\n<p>The total lost in 2023 to exploits, scams and hacks has now totaled $1.34 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>North Korean Lazarus Group amasses over $40M in Bitcoin, data reveals<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to blockchain security firm Beosin, total losses from hacks, phishing scams and exit scams were just under $890 million for the third quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Losses in Q3 even exceeded the combined sum of the first two quarters, which was $330 million in Q1 and $333 million in Q2, Beosin\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeosinAlert\/status\/1706950352019616089\">reported<\/a> late last week. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Magazine:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>$3.4B of Bitcoin in a popcorn tin: The Silk Road hacker\u2019s story<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"defi_newsletter\"><\/template><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. Follow us on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqBwgKMLG0nwswvr63Aw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Google News<\/a><\/span>\u00a0too, click on the star and choose us from your favorites.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-exploits-top-for-crypto-exploits-in-2023-certi-k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mixin Network cross-chain protocol accounted for almost two-thirds of the crypto exploit losses in September. September has officially become the worst month in 2023 (so far) for crypto-related exploits \u2014 with a whopping $329.8 million in crypto stolen. On Oct. 2, blockchain security firm CertiK said the most significant contributor to the month\u2019s totals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":592923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMtMTAvMmUxNWZjYzgtYTU2YS00YmVkLTlmYWYtNjc0ZGJmNWZlODNlLmpwZw==.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74868,74882,70944,75134,71101],"class_list":["post-592922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-defi","tag-hacks","tag-hackers","tag-phishing","tag-scams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592922\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/592923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=592922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=592922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}