In December, cryptocurrency hacking losses decreased by 60% to $76 million, but the frequency of attacks remains high

According to data from blockchain security company PeckShield, losses from cryptocurrency hacks in December 2025 amounted to approximately $76 million, a significant decrease of 60% compared to $194.3 million in November, marking the largest monthly decline in 2025. Despite the reduction in losses, around 26 major attack incidents still occurred that month.

The largest single incident involved $50 million mistakenly transferred to a malicious address, while a multi-signature wallet lost $27.3 million due to private key leakage. Other major attacks included a loss of $22 million for babursol, $8.5 million stolen from the Trust Wallet browser extension, and losses of approximately $3.9 million each for Unleash Protocol and Flow.