Beosin: Web3 Incurs $2.02 Billion Loss in 2023 from Hacking, Phishing, and Project Rug Pulls
According to Beosins EagleEye platform monitoring, as of December 25th, the total losses incurred in the Web3 domain in 2023 due to hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pulls amounted to $2.02 billion. Among these, there were 191 reported attack incidents, resulting in a total loss of approximately $1.397 billion; 267 Rug Pull incidents by project parties led to a loss of around $388 million; and the total loss from phishing scams amounted to about $238 million. In 2023, there was a significant decline in hacker attacks, phishing scams, and project Rug Pull incidents compared to 2022, with an overall reduction of 53.9% in the total amount of losses. Notably, hacker attack incidents saw the most substantial reduction, dropping from $3.6 billion in 2022 to $1.397 billion in 2023, a decrease of approximately 61.2%. Phishing scam losses decreased by 33.2% compared to 2022, while Rug Pull losses declined by 8.8%. There were four attack incidents in 2023 that incurred losses exceeding $100 million, and 17 incidents incurred losses between $10 million and $100 million. The top 10 security incidents accounted for approximately $1 billion, constituting 71.5% of the total yearly attack incident amount. In 2023, the types of projects targeted in attacks
