Crypto security losses hit $1.1B in H1 2026: Blockaid report

Crypto security losses reached $1.1 billion across 212 verified incidents during the first half of 2026, according to an H1 report published by Blockaid on July 28. Summary 212 verified incidents caused $1.1 billion in losses during 2026’s record-breaking first six months globally. 74% of stolen funds resulted from operational security failures rather than exploited smart contract code. One DPRK-linked cluster accounted for 55% of losses alone, according to Blockaid’s verified incident dataset. Blockaid described the six-month incident count as a record and said it verified more exploits during H1 than throughout 2025. Cperational security attacks caused 74% of the stolen value, while one cluster associated with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea accounted for 55%. Blockaid also said the incident count was 3.4 times its 2025 total, though security companies use different definitions and coverage methods when compiling industry loss estimates. $1.1B lost across 212 onchain exploits in H1 2026, more than all of 2025 combined.↓ What Blockaid's data reveals about where the losses came from, and what onchain teams should watch in H2: https://t.co/bkB5ZzMnNk— Blockaid (@blockaid_)...