Overview
- CertiK tallied $370.3 million lost across 40 scams and exploits in January.
- About $311.3 million was linked to phishing and social engineering, far outpacing code-level failures.
- One victim lost roughly $284 million after a Trezor customer-support impersonator obtained their seed, including 1,459 BTC and 2.05 million LTC.
- Technical hacks still totaled $86.01 million across 16 incidents, with major hits at Step Finance (~$28.9M), Truebit (~$26.4M), SwapNet (~$13.3M) and Saga (~$7M).
- The monthly toll rose 214% from December’s $117.8 million and nearly quadrupled versus January 2025.