{"id":30916,"date":"2020-10-29T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T12:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=30916"},"modified":"2025-08-28T00:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T21:39:44","slug":"atlas-vpn-study-finds-blockchain-industry-has-lost-13-6-billion-to-hacker-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/atlas-vpn-study-finds-blockchain-industry-has-lost-13-6-billion-to-hacker-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlas VPN study finds blockchain industry has lost $13.6 billion to hacker attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2012 the blockchain industry has lost more than $13.6 billion as a result of 330 hacker attacks. <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hacker-drains-19-8m-from-harvest-finance-as-farm-price-falls-more-than-50\">is stated<\/a> in a study by Atlas VPN.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114716\" style=\"width: 685px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114716\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114716\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-2.png\" alt=\"\u0418\u0441\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435: \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0447\u0435\u0439\u043d-\u0438\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0438\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f\u043b\u0430 $13,6 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434 \u0438\u0437-\u0437\u0430 \u0445\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\" width=\"675\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-2.png 675w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/0-2-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-114716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/atlasvpn.com\/blog\/blockchain-hackers-have-stolen-over-13-6-billion-in-330-hack-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">atlasvpn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Researchers say attackers preferred decentralized applications (dapps) on the EOS blockchain \u2014 117 successful attacks. The total losses amounted to about $28.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>In the Ethereum ecosystem, 33 attacks on dapps were recorded, which brought the attackers $364 million. Cryptocurrency exchanges faced 87 successful attacks \u2014 losses reached $4.8 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Custodial services for digital assets faced 36 attacks, and total losses amounted to $7.19 billion. Over eight years, hackers earned $45.8 million from 28 blockchain breaches.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114718\" style=\"width: 692px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114718\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114718\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-335.png\" alt=\"\u0418\u0441\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435: \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0447\u0435\u0439\u043d-\u0438\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0438\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f\u043b\u0430 $13,6 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434 \u0438\u0437-\u0437\u0430 \u0445\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\" width=\"682\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-335.png 682w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-335-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-114718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/atlasvpn.com\/blog\/blockchain-hackers-have-stolen-over-13-6-billion-in-330-hack-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">atlasvpn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Researchers estimated that from January to June 2019 the blockchain industry faced 94 successful hacker attacks. In the first half of 2020, this figure fell to 31.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114719\" style=\"width: 694px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114719\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114719\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-325.png\" alt=\"\u0418\u0441\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435: \u0431\u043b\u043e\u043a\u0447\u0435\u0439\u043d-\u0438\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0438\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0435\u0440\u044f\u043b\u0430 $13,6 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434 \u0438\u0437-\u0437\u0430 \u0445\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\" width=\"684\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-325.png 684w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-325-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-114719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/atlasvpn.com\/blog\/blockchain-hackers-have-stolen-over-13-6-billion-in-330-hack-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">atlasvpn.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier, the KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/kucoin-bitcoin-exchange-hacked-losses-estimated-at-150-million\">reported<\/a> an unauthorized withdrawal of funds from hot wallets. The Block analyst Larry Chermak <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/analyst-estimates-kucoin-hack-damage-at-280-million\">estimated<\/a> the damage from the hack at $280 million.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the attacker <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/hacker-drains-19-8m-from-harvest-finance-as-farm-price-falls-more-than-50\">withdrew<\/a> $19.8 million in renBTC from Harvest Finance.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog on Twitter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2012 the blockchain industry has lost more than $13.6 billion due to 330 hacker attacks, according to Atlas VPN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[25,1154],"class_list":["post-30916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain","tag-crimes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30918,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30916\/revisions\/30918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}