Crypto hacks resulted in roughly $1.32B in losses during the first half of 2026, across 224 publicly disclosed incidents.

The largest losses came from access control failures, phishing attacks, and oracle issues.

Attack breakdown:

1. Access Control Failures

Compromised permissions and privileged access drove several of the biggest exploits:

• Kelp DAO: $292M
• Drift Protocol: $280M
• Humanity Protocol: $31M
• Step Finance: $30M
• Truebit: $26.5M
• Resolv Labs: $25M
• AFX: $24.15M
• BonkDAO: $21M

2. Phishing & Social Engineering

• Social Engineering Attack: $282M

3. Oracle Issues

• Ostium: $24M
• Blend Protocol: $10.86M
• Bonzo: $9M

A small number of incidents accounted for the majority of losses, with compromised permissions and privileged access driving many of the largest exploits.