In October, there were 56 major hacking incidents in the crypto industry, with losses reaching 6.48 billion USD.

PANews November 1 news, according to PeckShieldAlert statistics, in October 2026 there were 56 major hacking attacks in the crypto industry, with total losses of approximately $6.48 billion, a month-on-month surge of about 745% compared with $766.5 million in September. Among them, the Binance incident (approximately $6.3 billion, with $3 billion frozen) jumped to the top of the largest theft cases of the year, surpassing Bitget (approximately $387 million) and Liquid Network (approximately $320 million, with $285 million recovered). As of October 31, the combined losses from the top ten hacking incidents of the year accounted for 92.3% of the total annual losses ($8.6 billion) (before deducting frozen and returned funds).

PANews, November 1 news: According to PeckShieldAlert statistics, in October 2026, there were 56 major hacking attacks in the crypto industry, with total losses of approximately $6.48 billion, a month-on-month surge of about 745% compared with $766.5 million in September. Among them, the Binance incident (approximately $6.3 billion, with $3 billion frozen) jumped to the top of the largest theft cases of the year, surpassing Bitget (approximately $387 million) and Liquid Network (approximately $320 million, with $285 million recovered).

As of October 31, the combined losses from the top ten hacking incidents of the year accounted for 92.3% of the total annual losses ($8.6 billion) (before deducting frozen and returned funds). The top ten hacking incidents are as follows:

Binance: $6.3 billion ($3 billion frozen)

Bitget: $387 million

Liquid Network: $320 million ($285 million recovered)

Drift: $292 million

KelpDAO/LayerZero: $285 million

COLDCARD Wallet: $130 million

CryptoBills Ledger drainer: $93 million

Tectonic Finance: $74 million

Humanity Protocol: $31 million

Step Finance: $28.9 million