In its annual report, De.Fi says that the decrease in losses from hacker attacks, scams and exploits coincides with a bear market in which some major tokens have fallen by up to 85%, and have regained their positions in recent months. The refund rate has improved to about 10% compared to just 2% in 2022.
The largest blockchain Ethereum suffered the biggest losses from hackers and exploits in the amount of $1.35 billion. These figures indicate the attractiveness of Ethereum for attackers due to its extensive ecosystem and well-known projects. The largest exploit was the July attack on the cross-chain Multichain platform worth $230 million.
The BNB network also attracted the attention of scammers and as a result of 213 incidents, assets worth $110.12 million were stolen, and the zkSync Era network lost $5.2 million. The Solana network also suffered losses. After the hacker attacks, the company lost $1 million.
Centralized platforms have also been affected by scams. As a result of fraudulent actions, $256 million was stolen.
Term loan attacks were the second largest method of generating cash, resulting in $275 million lost in 36 cases.