In October, the crypto industry suffered 56 major attacks, with losses reaching $6.48 billion, a month-over-month surge of 745%.

BlockBeats news, November 1 — According to PeckShield data, the crypto industry experienced a total of 56 major security incidents in October 2026, with cumulative losses of approximately $6.48 billion, an increase of about 745% compared to $766.49 million in September.

Among them, the Binance security incident caused losses of approximately $6.3 billion, with another approximately $3 billion in assets having been frozen, making it the largest crypto industry security incident by loss amount so far this year, surpassing Bitget (approximately $387 million) and Liquid Network (approximately $320 million), which ranked second and third respectively. In the Liquid Network incident, approximately $285 million has been recovered.

As of October 31, the top ten attack incidents by annual loss amount have collectively caused approximately $8.6 billion in losses, accounting for 92.3% of the total annual losses; this statistic has not yet deducted frozen and recovered funds. In addition to the aforementioned incidents, Drift, KelpDAO/LayerZero, COLDCARD Wallet, and others also ranked among the top ten on the annual loss list.