Crypto platform attack loss drops to $68.3 million in May

According to Cointelegraph, data from CertiK shows that the losses from cryptocurrency platform attacks in May were $68.3 million, a decrease of nearly 90% from $650 million in April. Among them, the phishing attack resulted in a loss of approximately $2.6 million and the recovery or return of funds amounted to approximately $9.4 million. Verus Protocol's cross chain bridge was stolen $11.5 million, the largest single loss; THORChain ranked second with $10.1 million stolen. The code vulnerability caused a loss of approximately 45 million US dollars, accounting for 66%; Wallet or private key leakage resulted in a loss of 13.7 million US dollars. Cross chain bridges were the main target of attack, resulting in a loss of 28.6 million US dollars, accounting for 42%.