BlockBeats News, July 6th, Blockchain security company CertiK released a report stating that cryptocurrency security incidents in the first half of 2026 resulted in approximately $1.32 billion in losses, a 46.8% year-on-year decrease. However, CertiK stated that this decline is misleading and does not indicate an improvement in the industry's security posture.

The report shows that cryptocurrency attack losses in the second quarter increased by 59% to $807.5 million quarter-on-quarter, with over 70% of the losses coming from two attack events on KelpDAO and Drift Protocol, both believed to be carried out by a North Korean-backed hacking group. Meanwhile, TRM Labs data shows that the number of security incidents in the first half of 2026 has increased from 83 in the same period last year to 207, reaching a historical high for the same period.

CertiK pointed out that private key management and multi-signature wallets remain the most critical security risk points, urging protocols and institutions to strengthen hardware security, optimize multi-signature governance, and diversify the locations of signers to reduce the risk of attacks.