$1.32 Billion Loss, 224 Crypto Hacking Incidents Publicly Disclosed in the First Half of 2026

Odaily Planet Daily News: Onchain Lens posted on the X platform stating that in the first half of 2026, 224 publicly disclosed crypto hacking incidents resulted in approximately $1.32 billion in losses. The largest losses stemmed from access control failures, phishing attacks, and oracle issues. In terms of attack type breakdown, access control failures involved compromised permissions and privileged access, driving several large-scale attacks, including: - Kelp DAO: $292 million loss - Drift Protocol: $280 million loss - Humanity Protocol: $31 million loss - Step Finance: $30 million loss - Truebit: $26.5 million loss - Resolv Labs: $25 million loss - AFX: $24.15 million loss - BonkDAO: $21 million loss Regarding phishing and social engineering attacks, social engineering attacks caused $282 million in losses. For oracle issues, losses included: - Ostium: $24 million loss - Blend Protocol: $10.86 million loss - Bonzo: $9 million loss A small number of incidents accounted for the majority of losses, with compromised permissions and privileged access driving several of the largest-scale attacks.