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DeFi has lost $1.3 billion to hacks in 2026 and the same attack keeps working
Compromised keys, not broken code, now drive the majority of crypto theft, and North Korea is cashing the checks. Eight months into the year, and the crypto industry has already replayed the same failure mode enough times to fill a…
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Cryptocurrency News | Cryptocurrency Prices | Market CapDeFi has lost $1.3 billion to hacks in 2026 and the same attack keeps working
Compromised keys, not broken code, now drive the majority of crypto theft, and North Korea is cashing the checks. Eight months into the year, and the crypto industry has already replayed the same failure mode enough times to fill a…
In the first eight months of 2026 DeFi hacks burned at least 1.3 billion dollars, but the fact that it should really worry the industry is not the absolute figure: it is the method. For the first time since reliable historical series exist, compromised private keys have overcome bugs in smart contracts [...]
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