Nearly 500 MetaMask Users Hacked Daily as Wallet Attacks Explode: Chainalysis
Main Idea
Cryptocurrency thefts in 2025 have exceeded $2.17 billion, surpassing 2024's total losses, with significant contributions from large-scale hacks and increased wallet-targeting attacks.
Key Points
1. Cryptocurrency thefts in 2025 have surpassed $2.17 billion, exceeding the total losses of 2024.
2. The DPRK's $1.5 billion hack of Bybit is a major contributor to these losses.
3. MetaMask wallet thefts have surged, with up to 500 users affected daily in some cases.
4. Chainalysis reports a sharp spike in MetaMask attacks, including a notable incident on June 6, 2025, affecting around 226 users.
5. The increase in thefts suggests a rise in opportunistic attacks on cryptocurrency holders.
Description
So far in 2025, cryptocurrency services have lost over $2.17 billion to theft and have already surpassed the damage seen across all of 2024. The bulk of these losses stems from the DPRK’s record-breaking $1.5 billion hack of Bybit, the largest incident in crypto’s history. Yet these are only part of the picture, as attackers have also ramped up direct wallet-targeting campaigns. In fact, Chainalysis reported that MetaMask attacks alone have surged to affect as many as 500 users daily. MetaMask W...
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