November Was 2023’s Worst Month for Crypto Fraud, With $363M Stolen

• CertiK launched statistics concerning the monetary toll of fraudulent actions in November.
• The agency confirmed roughly $363 million was misplaced to exploits, flash loans, and exit scams throughout the month. 
• Based mostly on the determine, CertiK concluded November was probably the most profitable month for scammers and hackers in 2023 to this point.

CertiK, a number one firm devoted to monitoring dangers and detecting scams throughout the crypto sector, has launched an replace detailing alarming statistics concerning the monetary toll of fraudulent actions in November.

Per the disclosure on the X (previously Twitter), the CertiK confirmed roughly $363 million was misplaced to exploits, flash loans, and scams final month. Exit scams accounted for round $1.1 million, whereas flash loans constituted roughly $45.5 million of the full losses. 

The overwhelming majority of the monetary impression got here from exploits, which amounted to $316.4 million. Based mostly on the figures, CertiK concluded that November was probably the most financially damaging month to this point in 2023.

Moreover, the chance monitoring platform supplied a breakdown of the platforms upon which a lot of the recorded monetary fraud occurred. Relating to exploits, crypto alternate Poloniex suffered probably the most hits, with its sizzling wallets drained of $131.4 million. 

In an announcement, Poloniex famous {that a} portion of the stolen funds had been frozen. In the meantime, it claimed the misplaced funds had been ‘inside manageable limits,’ which its working income may cowl. HTX/Heco Bridge got here subsequent to Poloniex after struggling an analogous monetary exploit, which incurred losses of greater than $100 million.

Likewise, the decentralized buying and selling platform KyberSwap was attacked this month, with $45 million carted away. Different platforms that recorded multi-million monetary losses from exploits in November embody Kronos Analysis, Raft Lending, CoinSpot, Onyx Protocol, and MEV Bot.

Notably, the recorded crypto initiatives which have engaged in rug pull or exit scams embody SAI Professional, siphoning $751,000; To The Moon, stealing $291,621; Battle Royal Token, $83,716; and FCL with $17,012 gone. 

It’s value mentioning that the month of Might noticed the very best monetary losses ensuing from exit scams. In Might, unhealthy actors stole $53.4 million, in comparison with $1.1 million in November.