Beosin: Total losses from hacking, phishing scams and rug pulls in May reached $154 million

According to the monitoring of blockchain security audit company Beosin Alert, in May 2024, the amount of losses from various security incidents increased compared with April. In May 2024, more than 27 typical security incidents occurred, and the total loss caused by hacker attacks, phishing scams and rug pulls reached 154 million US dollars, an increase of about 52.5% compared with April. Among them, the attack incidents were about 54.51 million US dollars, an increase of about 3.7%; the phishing scam incidents were about 97.4 million US dollars, an increase of about 754%; the rug pull incidents were about 2.04 million US dollars, a decrease of about 94.5%. This month, there were 2 hacker attacks with losses exceeding 10 million US dollars: the game platform Gala Games lost 22.5 million US dollars due to private key leakage, and Sonne Finance lost 20 million US dollars due to contract vulnerabilities. The number of phishing scams increased significantly this month, and there were many phishing incidents with losses exceeding one million US dollars, including 1 address poisoning scam with a loss of 72 million US dollars. Crypto crime cases continued to increase this month, with several crimes involving more than $100 million.