According to cybersecurity firm PeckShieldAlert, the cryptocurrency space faced approximately 20 hacking incidents in October 2024, with total losses reaching around $88.47 million.

Five significant breaches accounted for most of the losses, with Radiant Capital experiencing the largest setback.

The Top October Crypto Hacks

The firm revealed that among the top five incidents in October was the Radiant Capital exploit, where millions in crypto assets were bridged to Ethereum. Additionally, a wallet likely controlled by the U.S. government was compromised, resulting in a $20 million loss.

The Radiant Capital episode happened on October 17, with blockchain security firm Ancilia Inc. issuing an alert for suspicious activity on the protocol’s smart contract on the BNB Chain. Several on-chain security experts gave different estimations of the loss, with Spot on Chain giving a final assessment of $53 million.

This was the platform’s second breach this year; in January 2024, it suffered a $4.5 million loss due to a separate vulnerability in its smart contracts.

CryptoPotato reported the high-profile incident on October 24 where criminals compromised a cryptocurrency wallet likely controlled by the U.S. government. The wallet held assets seized in the 2016 Bitfinex hack and was drained of $20 million. However, the unknown attacker later returned about $19.3 million to the breached wallet.

Arkham Intelligence had traced the funds’ movement to an address beginning with “0x348,” which contained cryptocurrencies such as USD Coin (USDC), Tether (USDT), and Eth