Atlas VPN: in 2020 year, the number of attacks on cryptocurrency services has decreased threefold

According to Atlas VPN, The number of hacks of cryptocurrency services in the first half of the year 2020 a year decreased three times compared to the same period last year.

ATLAS VPN experts calculated, that in the history of the existence of the crypto industry, hackers managed steal more $13.6 billion. Despite, that less hacker attacks were produced on cryptocurrency wallets, They turned out to be the most profitable. Over the past eight years, wallet operators have encountered 36 hackles, as a result of which the losses were incurred $7.1 billion on cryptocurrency exchanges, attackers conducted a total of 87 successful attacks, During which they stole $4.8 billion.

The most successful in quantity were attacks on decentralized applications on the EOS blockchain – They had to 36% all hacker attacks in the blockchain industry. In the aggregate, the losses of such applications as a result of hacks were $28.2 million. It was not possible to avoid the actions of the attackers and decentralized applications on the Ethereum - they were committed 33 Successful attacks, Losses made up $364.3 million. Decentralized applications based on Tron also became a target for hackers. Cybercriminals spent on such applications 21 Successful attack, "Earning" $1.22 million.

Besides, attacks were made on various blockchains. FROM 2012 years of blockchains suffered from 28 hacks, during which the criminals earned $45.8 million. The most attractive for hackers were the Bitcoin Gold and Litecoin Cash networks.

According to Atlas VPN, 2019 The year has become a record for the number of hacks in the cryptocurrency industry. In the first half of last year, successful ended 94 hacker attacks, but in general for 2019 The year was completed 133 attacks. However, in the first half of the year 2020 This indicator has significantly reduced to 33 attacks. Specialists suggested, that even if by the end of the year, attackers continue to act with the same efficiency, The number of hacks will still not reach the “record” last year.

Recall, that recently criminals attacked the protocol of the decentralized finance of Harvest Finance and were able to bring cryptoactives to $25 million. This led to the record growth of daytime trading volumes on the exchange of Defi. Besides, In September, the Slovak cryptocurrency exchange Eterbase suffered from a hacker attack, The total damage of which is estimated in $5.3 million.