Hackers Torch $940M In 6 Months: Why Audited Protocols are Being Breached
Hackers Torch $940M In 6 Months: Why Audited Protocols are Being Breached
Our research shows that audited projects lost $681 million through attack paths outside the identified audit scope, representing 94% of their losses. Smart contract reviews remain essential, but AI makes it easier to find weaknesses across integrations and combine them into cross-component attacks, so security reviews must now cover the whole system.
Josef Gattermayer, Founder and CEO Ack3
The takeaway is brutal in its simplicity. "Audited" is a marketing word until you ask three questions: what exactly was reviewed, how long ago, and who controls the keys today. In H1 2026, the honest answers were too often: not this bit, over a year ago, and one compromised key from a catastrophe.
The auditors can read every line of the code. They can't read the developer's mind when clicking a link from "HR".
This article has been published in cryptonews.com via Yahoo News.
Hackers Torch $940M In 6 Months: Why Audited Protocols are Being Breached
Crypto investors were fleeced of almost a billion dollars in the first half of 2026, and the industry’s favorite comfort blanket did little to stop it.Security research house ack3 has verified 135 exploits between January and June, with $939.86m in attributed losses, averaging $6.96m each time...
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