{"id":557048,"date":"2025-12-28T20:30:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=557048"},"modified":"2025-12-28T14:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:52:19","slug":"crypto-hacks-surge-to-3-4b-okx-ceo-flags-this-as-a-key-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/crypto-hacks-surge-to-3-4b-okx-ceo-flags-this-as-a-key-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto hacks surge to $3.4B! OKX CEO flags THIS as a key threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crypto hacks increased in late 2025, following a broader cooling off in trading activity and \u2018bear market\u2019 vibes. The latest victim, DeBot, an AI-based DeFi trading and insights tool, has lost $255,000 in a hack.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The platform <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Debot_Official\/status\/2004968183820861838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that their security breach was traced to an exploited server in Japan and promised to make the affected users whole.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs of now, the confirmed losses stem from some users transferring funds back to old wallet addresses that have been deemed unsafe.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surprisingly, during the same Christmas week, Binance-backed Trust Wallet also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/trust-wallet-confirms-7m-impact-from-browser-extension-incident-promises-full-user-refunds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a $7 million loss to a security breach linked to a Chrome extension.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>OKX CEO&#8217;s solution to crypto hacks<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reacting to the rising number of crypto hacks, OKX CEO and founder Star Xu <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/star_okx\/status\/2005083256006553945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flagged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> DEX bots and custodial wallets as new risk factors and targets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_557052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-557052\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-093422.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-557052\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-093422.png\" alt=\"crypto hacks\" width=\"590\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-093422.png 590w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-093422-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-093422-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-093422-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-28-093422-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-557052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He noted that most current bots need users to upload private keys to cloud storage, which heightens security risks for wallets and associated funds. He pushed for new design solutions that can mitigate these risks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSecurity and usability are not mutually exclusive: Institutional-grade security and risk controls and user-controlled local authentication, such as passkeys.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Crypto hacks hit $3.4B<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from Trust Wallet and DeBot, the Flow blockchain lost $3.9 million in assets this December. Overall, the total funds lost to breaches have hit $3.4 billion, according to the latest Chainalysis <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainalysis.com\/blog\/crypto-hacking-stolen-funds-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_557053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-557053\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/crypto-hacks-2025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-557053\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/crypto-hacks-2025.jpg\" alt=\"crypto hacks\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/crypto-hacks-2025.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/crypto-hacks-2025-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/crypto-hacks-2025-1024x828.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/crypto-hacks-2025-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/crypto-hacks-2025-1200x970.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-557053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Chainalysis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bybit hack in early 2025 accounted for half of this year&#8217;s lost funds. Interestingly, personal wallet compromises, such as Trust Wallet breaches, have increased significantly over the past three years, per the report.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean players accounted for the most stolen funds, over $2 billion out of the $3.4 billion in losses in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn 2025, North Korean hackers stole at least $2.02 billion in cryptocurrency ($681 million more than 2024), representing a 51% increase year-over-year.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The report added,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This marks the most severe year on record for DPRK crypto theft in terms of value stolen, with DPRK attacks also accounting for a record 76% of all service compromises.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the methods these threat actors deploy is to compromise an employee of the targeted platform, also known as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/social-engineering-accounts-for-majority-of-crypto-tvl-exploits-in-2025-report-shows\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">social engineering<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, the rising number of cases calls for increased vigilance, especially when handling personal crypto wallets or granting bots access to your personal data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Double-check the wallet\u2019s web link to avoid phishing attacks and opt for passkeys if possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Per the OKX CEO, the surge in crypto hacks was due to poor security design features in current DEX bots and wallet providers.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$3.4 billion was lost to crypto breaches in 2025, and the \u2018bear market\u2019 is exacerbating the issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s why Trust Wallet breach is part of a broader trend of security threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":557059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,3,4,20],"tags":[6427],"class_list":["post-557048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-news","category-news","category-social","category-trading-view","tag-ambcrypto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Crypto hacks surge to $3.4B! 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