Svmuu News: Onchain Lens posted on X stating that in the first half of 2026, 224 publicly disclosed crypto hacking incidents resulted in losses of approximately $1.32 billion. The largest losses stemmed from access control failures, phishing attacks, and oracle issues.
In terms of attack types, access control failures—involving compromised permissions and privileged access—drove several of the largest attacks, including losses of $292 million for Kelp DAO, $280 million for Drift Protocol, $31 million for Humanity Protocol, $30 million for Step Finance, $26.5 million for Truebit, $25 million for Resolv Labs, $24.15 million for AFX, and $21 million for BonkDAO.
In terms of phishing and social engineering attacks, social engineering attacks resulted in $282 million in losses. Regarding oracle issues, Ostium suffered a loss of $24 million, Blend Protocol a loss of $10.86 million, and Bonzo a loss of $9 million. A small number of incidents accounted for the majority of the losses, with compromised permissions and privileged access driving several of the largest attacks.