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PeckShield: Hackers stole nearly $93 million in cryptocurrency in June

As analyst firm PeckShield reported in its monthly report, attackers managed to steal nearly $93 million in cryptocurrency during June. The hackers made a total of 42 hacks.

As of June 30, 2023, about 1,105 ETH  and 1,579 BNB have been transferred to the Tornado Cash cryptomixer. Also 0.18 ETH were sent to the ChangeNOW platform, and 19,990 DAI were sent to the Railgun platform. Hackers also diverted funds to CEX and FixedFloat platforms, analysts wrote.

In addition, $2.27 million worth of NFT was stolen in June, down 23% from the previous month;

PeckShield analysts report that the largest hack was the Atomic Wallet cryptocurrency wallet – $12 million in cryptocurrency was stolen from it. However, according to reports from other analytical platforms, the Atomic Wallet hack could lead to a loss of $100 million in cryptocurrency;

Earlier, Elliptic reported that the crypto-assets that were stolen from Atomic Wallet wallets began to flow to Sinbad service, popular with Lazarus Group hackers. 

The total amount of cryptocurrencies stolen by hackers in the first half of 2023 was $457.78 million. In the first three months of the year, $255.8 million in cryptocurrency was stolen: $8.8 million (January), $35.5 million (February), $211.5 million (March). Hackers stole $93.4 million in cryptocurrency in April, $16.03 million in May, and $92.55 million in June.