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Crypto hacks hit record pace with $1B lost in first half 2026
Blockaid reports $1B lost to crypto hacks in H1 2026, already surpassing 2025's full-year incident count. North Korea-linked groups lead via social engineering and multisig compromises.
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Onchain security firm Blockaid said Tuesday that hackers stole more than $1 billion from crypto projects in the first half of 2026. The six-month total already exceeds the number of verified exploit incidents recorded across all of 2025, the company's H1 report shows.
North Korea-linked actors drove the financial losses, using social engineering and multisig key compromises to hit protocols including Drift and KelpDAO. Ethereum and Solana accounted for the bulk of the damage, with $332 million and $326 million stolen on each network respectively. Smart contract exploits were the main vector on Ethereum, while Solana suffered from signer infrastructure flaws, Blockaid said.
The $1 billion figure is a new high for a six-month period, the report noted. The previous record for a full year was set in 2025, and the current pace suggests 2026 could double that total if the second half follows the same trajectory.