Cryptocurrency hackers stole more than $ 90 million in April, dealing with another blow to the main reputation of the industry despite ongoing efforts to improve cybersecurity.
The hackers made $ 92 million of digital assets throughout 15 incidents in April, according to an April 30 research report by Blockchain Cybersecurity Firm Immunefi.
The total score of a 124% month-to-month increase from March, when hackers stole $ 41 million.
The largest hack of the moon in the open-source platform UPCX provides most of the damage in April, including More than $ 70 million to losses, while Kiloex loses $ 7.5 million As April’s second largest hack.
The Back to exploit kiloex The stolen funds are only days after the attack.
All of April’s reported attacks are targeted at Decentralized Finance Platforms (DEFI). Centralized exchanges reported that there were no incidents in the month, the report noted.
Immunefi, which says it helps protect $ 190 billion in user funds, pays more than $ 116 million in bounties to white hat hackers.
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State -supported threats increase alarms
The report will come almost two months after the Bybit exchange Lost more than $ 1.4 billion In Feb. 21 – the Biggest hack in crypto history.
“The thin size of the attack shows how state-supported actors may be the most pressing threat to our industry,” said Mitchell Amador, founder and CEO of Immunefi.
“This is a reminder of the need for security measures that protect the entire security clamp and will help protocols prevent disasters before this happens,” Amador told cointelegraph, adding:
“Protocols should be built for stability under the thought that attacks will find a way, and investors should assume that even the safest interfaces or emails can be traps.”
He called for protocols to adopt a “zero-trust” approach and implement stronger protection throughout the entire technology stack.
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Bugies of bug, regular audit and formal verification are important to ensure the security of smart contracts and that -back infrastructure, he said.
By the end of April, hackers stole more than $ 1.7 billion worth of digital assets in 2025, surpassed the estimated $ 1.49 billion losses for all 2024, according to Immunefi.
The state supported North Korean Lazarus GroupPausing in the second half of 2024 may be a Repositioning in preparation For the presentation of the world’s largest hack in Bybit, Eric Jardine, the chainalysis’ Cybercrimes lead, Cointelegraph said.
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