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The Poloniex and HTX/Heco Bridge exploits as well as the KyberSwap flash loan attack were the three largest incidents in November, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.

The cryptocurrency industry has now seen its most “damaging” month for crypto thievery, scams and exploits, with crypto criminals walking away with $363 million in November, according to a blockchain security firm.

Around $316.4 million came from exploits alone, flash loans inflicted $45.5 million in damage, and $1.1 million was lost to various exit scams, CertiK stated in a Nov.

#CertiKStatsAlert

Combining all the incidents in November we’ve confirmed ~$363M lost to exploits, hacks and scams

This makes November the most damaging month this year

Exit scams were ~$1.1M

Flash loans were ~$45.5M

Exploits were ~$316.4M

See more details below pic.twitter.com/QoDy6d8IJH
— CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) November 30, 2023

The largest exploits in November occurred on Poloniex and HTX/Heco Bridge, with losses of $131.4 million and $113.3 million, respectively.

The third largest exploit was inflicted on a single victim who lost $27 million from a phishing attack.

Meanwhile, the $45 million KyberSwap attack accounted for nearly all damage done for flash loan attacks in the month.

The latest monthly figure has surpassed an earlier record of $329 million, set in September, caused mainly by the $200 million Mixin Network attack.

As of the end of November, about $1.7 billion has now been lost to exploits, exit scams and flash loan attacks in 2023.

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October 2, 2023 Coin Telegraph

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The Mixin Network cross-chain protocol accounted for almost two-thirds of the crypto exploit losses in September.

September has officially become the worst month in 2023 (so far) for crypto-related exploits — with a whopping $329.8 million in crypto stolen.

On Oct. 2, blockchain security firm CertiK said the most significant contributor to the month’s totals came from the Mixin Network attack on Sept. 23 when the Hong Kong-based decentralized cross-chain transfer protocol lost $200 million due to a breach of its cloud service provider.

#CertiKStatsAlert

Combining all the incidents in September we’ve confirmed ~$332M lost to exploits, hacks and scams.

Exit scams were ~$1.9M

Flash loans were ~$0.4M

Exploits were ~$329.8M

See more details below pic.twitter.com/DMFN9LWU8V
— CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) September 30, 2023

Other major incidents for the month included the attacks on the CoinEx exchange and Stake.com resulting in losses of $53 million and $41 million respectively.

As reported by Cointelegraph, North Korean hacking collective the Lazarus Group has been fingered for both attacks. The latest figures from Dune Analytics claim that the group currently holds $45.6 million in crypto assets.

The attack has taken the yearly total of crypto lost to exploits to $925.4 million. July was the second-highest month for exploit losses with $285.8 million pilfered.

Meanwhile, the month also saw $1.9 million lost to exit scams, $400,000 to flash loan attacks, and another $25 million to phishing attacks, according to CertiK.

The total lost in 2023 to exploits, scams, and hacks has now totaled $1.34 billion.

According to blockchain security firm Beosin, total losses from hacks, phishing scams, and exit scams were just under $890 million for the third quarter of 2023.

Losses in Q3 even exceeded the combined sum of the first two quarters which was $330 million in Q1 and $333 million in Q2, it reported late last week.

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