Current currency breakthroughs rose nine times in January, with central platforms bearing the attacks.
More than 73 million dollars from the coded currency sector were stolen through 19 individual accidents, which represents a remarkable increase of $ 3.8 million lost in December According to the IMMUNEFI report in January.
Although the number represents nine times, it also reflects a 44 % decrease compared to January last year, when losses exceeded $ 133 million.
It is interesting that no cases of fraud in January were reported.
Central financing platforms were the largest losers who represent 93 % of the total stolen boxes, with a single exchange that contributes to most of the losses.
Most of the losses arose from one incident, as the Stock Exchange attack in PHEMEX represented its headquarters for $ 69 million out of a total of 73 million dollars stolen in January.
Meanwhile, decentralized financing platforms faced smaller but more frequent exploits, and have lost 4.8 million dollars in 18 accidents.
The most prominent of the $ 2.5 million attack was on the Mobi trade, as well as smaller violations through many other protocols.
It should be noted that the white hat infiltrator was able to recover approximately $ 1.5 million.
BNB series performs
Regarding the Blockchain networks, the BNB series led the package as the most targeted network, suffering from 10 attacks and calculated half of the Unation losses in January.
Ethereum follows in a distant second, which constitutes 25 % of the total, while infringement, rule and optimism each witnessed less accidents.
I just reported only three chains about accidents – the base of the second layer networks, and the expression suffers between two attacks each, along with a series of optimism with one accident.
Attacks
In comments on the media, IMMUNEFI MITHHELL AADOR CEO warned that CEFI platforms will remain the basic goals of infiltrators in 2025.
According to Ammador, the main special settlements are the biggest risk, as it allows the attackers to fully access the money with one breach.
He pointed out that although CEFI does not face the largest number of successful attacks, violations tend to lead to catastrophic losses when they occur.
Central platforms tend to have much larger user bases, especially because of the ease of use, organizational compliance and customer support.
Unlike decentralized platforms, which require users to manage their own keys and interact with complex smart contracts, CEFI platforms offer a more easy -to -use experience with Custodial services, making them more welcoming even for non -retired individuals.
This is a double -border sword because although the adoption increases, it also focuses on huge amounts of user’s money in a few central entities, making it profitable targets for infiltrators.
This is why the major special concessions pose a severe threat as the exposed key allows the attacker to withdraw huge amounts of money that lead to greater losses.
The losses of the private key dominate 2024
As I mentioned earlier by Invezz, approximately 75 % of the attacks in 2024 arose from the weak arrival controls and the keys at risk.
This represents a big leap from the previous year, as the main losses represent about 50 % of all attacks.
It lost more than $ 2.3 billion due to breakthroughs in 2024 with a CEFI account for the largest number of losses.
A separate report was put in total losses of more than $ 3 billion, as breakfasts represent 70 % of all accidents.
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