{"id":625193,"date":"2026-07-06T13:52:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/crypto-hacks-fell-47-in-h1-but-ecosystem-is-no-safer-certik\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T13:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T13:52:54","slug":"crypto-hacks-fell-47-in-h1-but-ecosystem-is-no-safer-certik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/crypto-hacks-fell-47-in-h1-but-ecosystem-is-no-safer-certik\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto hacks fell 47% in H1 but ecosystem is no safer: CertiK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-images.ctmedia.io\/media\/article-covers\/hi-needed-a-massive-education-project-to-fight-hacks-and-scams.jpg\" alt=\"Crypto hacks fell 47% in H1 but ecosystem is no safer: CertiK\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Crypto exploits rose 59% quarter-on-quarter to $807.5 million in Q2, due partly to the KelpDAO and Drift Protocol exploits, which came at the hands of North Korean hackers.<\/p>\n<p>Crypto losses fell 46.8% year-on-year to $1.32 billion in the first half of 2026, but crypto security firm CertiK says the drop is misleading, warning that attackers are becoming more sophisticated and destructive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phishing drove the bulk of losses in the first quarter, totaling $508.2 million. Wallet compromises were the biggest attack vector in the second quarter, contributing to $807.5 million in losses, CertiK said in a report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 70% of the losses in Q2 came from the KelpDAO and Drift Protocol hacks, which are believed to have been carried out by North Korean state-sponsored hackers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-hacks-fell-47-percent-in-h1-but-ecosystem-is-no-safer-certik\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto exploits rose 59% quarter-on-quarter to $807.5 million in Q2, due partly to the KelpDAO and Drift Protocol exploits, which came at the hands of North Korean hackers. Crypto losses fell 46.8% year-on-year to $1.32 billion in the first half of 2026, but crypto security firm CertiK says the drop is misleading, warning that attackers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":625194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-625193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}