#Web3 projects have lost $1.25 billion due to #hackers since the beginning of the year. These calculations were provided by analysts at Immunefi.

From January to August, Web3 platforms have suffered losses due to the actions of hackers and scammers, totaling $1.25 billion. In the last month alone, this figure increased by $23.4 million.

The number of incidents has risen to 211, and four cases are linked to Coinbase's L2 solution Base, which was launched on August 9: LeetSwap, #SwirlLend , Magnate Finance, and #RocketSwap.

In terms of this metric, the network has become just as much a target as Ethereum and BNB Chain. In the former, hackers executed five successful attacks, while in the latter, there were four. In total, these three blockchains accounted for 62% of all hacks.

Optimism experienced two incidents (9.5%); Arbitrum, Solana, Avalanche, Phantom, and Linea each had one incident (the remaining 28.7%). Two-thirds of the damage to Web3 projects ($15.8 million) resulted from hacker attacks, while an additional $7.6 million was lost due to fraud.

Unlike #DeFi , there haven't been any exploits recorded among centralized platforms.

Immunefi paid out over $80 million in bounties in August. According to representatives of the platform, they have safeguarded $25 billion worth of user assets in protocols such as Chainlink, The Graph, Synthetix, and MakerDAO.

As a reminder, in the second quarter, the number of attacks on crypto projects increased by 63%.

Beosin experts estimated the industry's losses from hacks and fraud in the first half of the year at $655.6 million.

During the same period, the inflow of digital assets into illegal services decreased by 65%, according to Chainalysis.