According to blockchain security firm PecShield, financial losses from cryptocurrency theft increased significantly last month.
In a new post on social media platform X, PeckShield said To tell Hackers stole approximately $360.83 million worth of crypto assets in February, up from just $182.54 million in January.
Crypto gaming platform PlayDapp (People's Liberation Army) The majority of the stolen funds were $290 million We suffered losses due to two security breaches. According to blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, PlayDapp offered a $1 million white hat reward to recover the funds, but the hackers chose to launder the funds.
Automated cryptocurrency exchange FixedFloat came in second place with a loss of $25.85 million.
Jeff “Jihoz” Zirlin, founder of blockchain-based game Axie Infinity (AXS) and gaming-centric Ethereum (ETH) sidechain Ronin (Ron), wins 3rd place. he To tell The breach drained $9.7 million worth of crypto assets from his wallet, but only affected his personal account.
“Two of my addresses have been compromised. This attack is limited to my personal account and has nothing to do with verifying or manipulating the Ronin chain.
Additionally, the leaked keys have nothing to do with Sky Mavis' operations. We would like to assure everyone that we have strict security measures in place for all chain-related activities. ”
Meanwhile, layer-1 blockchain Shido (SHIDO) and stablecoin protocol Seneca (SEN) suffered losses of $7.3 million and $6.9 million, respectively.
Only a small portion of the stolen assets have been recovered, Peckshield said.
“In February 2024, hackers stole approximately $360.83 million in over 21 attacks, a 97.6% month-over-month increase compared to January 2024. Additionally, approximately 1.8% of the stolen funds were It was returned for a total of approximately $6.7 million.”
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