CertiK Releases 2024 Annual Security Report, Over $2.3 Billion in Chain Losses for the Year

According to official sources, Web3.0 security firm CertiK has newly released its Hack3d: 2024 Annual Security Report. The report shows that total losses due to security incidents in the Web3.0 space exceeded $2.363 billion in 2024, an increase of 31.61 percent year-over-year. A total of 760 security incidents occurred in the year, of which phishing and private key leakage were the two major attack methods, causing losses of $1.05 billion and $855 million respectively. The losses caused by phishing attacks accounted for nearly 50% of the total losses for the year, becoming the biggest threat affecting the security of the industry.