PeckShield: Major crypto security incidents in December resulted in approximately $76 million in losses, a 60% decrease from the previous month.
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PeckShield reports 26 major crypto attacks in December caused about $76 million in losses, a 60% drop from November. Key incidents include a $50 million address poisoning and a $27.3 million private key leak.
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[PeckShield: Major Crypto Security Incidents in December Caused Approximately $76 Million in Losses, a 60% Decrease from Last Month] According to Mars Finance, PeckShield stated on its X platform that approximately 26 major cryptocurrency attacks occurred, resulting in total losses of approximately $76 million, a significant decrease of over 60% from the $194.27 million in the previous month. The two most serious incidents this month included: a wallet address 0xcB80...819 suffering a $50 million loss due to address poisoning, and a multi-signature wallet 0xde5f...e965 suffering a $27.3 million loss due to private key leakage; other significant losses included: the babur.sol project ($22 million), TrustWallet ($8.5 million), UnleashProtocol, and flow_blockchain ($3.9 million each).