According to Odaily Planet Daily, blockchain security audit company Beosin Alert's monitoring shows that in May 2024, the amount of losses from various security incidents increased compared to April. More than 27 typical security incidents occurred in May, and the total loss amount caused by hacker attacks, phishing scams and rug pulls reached 154 million US dollars, an increase of about 52.5% from April. Among them, the attack incidents were about 54.51 million US dollars, an increase of about 3.7%; the phishing scam incidents were about 97.4 million US dollars, an increase of about 754%; the rug pull incidents were about 2.04 million US dollars, a decrease of about 94.5%.
This month, there were two hacker attacks with losses exceeding 10 million US dollars: the gaming platform Gala Games lost 22.5 million US dollars due to private key leakage, and Sonne Finance lost 20 million US dollars due to contract vulnerabilities. Phishing scams increased significantly, with multiple phishing scams with losses exceeding one million US dollars, including one address poisoning scam with a loss of 72 million US dollars. Crypto crime cases continued to increase this month, with many crimes involving more than 100 million US dollars.
