Hacks News
The decline in traditional rug pulls coincides with a spike in memecoin scams on platforms like Base, Tron, and Solana.
BingX, Penpie, and Indodax were the top targets in September, losing about $92 million worth of crypto between them.
Crypto faced significant losses in August due to multiple phishing attacks and exploits, adding to $1.21 billion lost in 2024 so far.
After hacking the X accounts of Sydney Sweeney and Bob Odenkirk, the hacker trolled social media.
May's crypto losses reached $42.6M, with Gala Games and Sonne Finance suffering the most, losing $21.6M and $20M, respectively.
HTX was compromised twice in the span of a couple of months, but the attacker return the funds from the first hack.
The Mixin Network exploit was the biggest contributor in September.