The encryption exploits increased by 15 % in August, reaching $ 163 million star-news.press/wp

The encryption exploits increased in August, and increased by 15 % of July, as the central stock exchanges and decentralized financing platforms faced weaknesses.

Peckshield Security Company I mentioned On the first of September, he lost $ 163 million against breakthroughs and exploitation in August 2025, a 15 % jump from $ 142 million. The outcome came from about 16 accidents, with the concentration of the largest part of the losses in a handful of prominent violations.

Great driving losses

The most harmful case included the Bitcoin (BTC) holder for a long time, losing $ 91.4 million in the stolen BTC. BTCTURK was also injured in the largest exchange in Türkiye again, with a breach of $ 48-54 million on August 18 associated with hot wallet keys.

It represented the second main security failure of the platform within a little more than a year, after the theft of $ 54 million in June 2024, which led to its cumulative losses of more than $ 100 million. Peckshield referred to its washing patterns consistent with the Lazarus group in North Korea.

Other accidents included ODIN • Fun ($ 7 million), BetterBank.io ($ 5 million), and Credix financing on Sonic (S) Blockchain ($ 4.5 million). The state of credit showed the spread of the growing multi -layer attacks that deceive signs of the declaration of malicious transactions by exploiting the disadvantages of control and social engineering.

Compared to the 17 exploits in July, including Coindcx breach of $ 44 million, August witnessed less losses but more concentrated through infrastructure and central stock exchanges.

The high intensity of 2025 exploits

According to PECKSHILD analysis previously, 2025 attacks became more destructive although they occur frequently. The average losses for each exploitation increased to $ 7.18 million in H1 2025, more than twice an average of $ 3.1 million in H1 2024.

Weak points in access to control, including the theft of private key and malicious approval plans, constituted more than 78 % of H1 losses. Another 23 % was added through social engineering attacks. Recovery rates are still low, with 7-8 % recovery of stolen assets.

A large part of theft was attributed to Lazaros and other organizations followed by the state, and money is often transferred through mixers and bridges across the chain within hours.

Analysts warn that the transformation into the exploits of the human goal, the laundering of accelerated money, and geopolitical activity makes recovery more challenging than before. To contain this trend, PECKSHIELD and security companies advise multi -signing governor, detection of anomalies that work on behalf of the Acting, and the participation of intelligence at the level of industry.