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The crypto industry experienced a loss of $155.9 million to exploits in the month of September. There were 14 major scam accidents, excluding phishing—the highest since March of this year.
According to a post on X by CertiK, the total capital lost to scams decreased from the $163 million figure recorded in August 2025. But the number of major incidents and the scale of attacks have intensified.
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 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CertiKStatsAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">#CertiKStatsAlert</a> 🚨 Combining all the incidents in September we’ve confirmed ~$155.9M lost to exploits. ~$26.4M of the total is attributed to phishing. September saw 14 incidents (excluding phishing) with initial losses of over $1M, the highest since March 2024. More details… <a href="https://t.co/e0mEd6tDcn" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/e0mEd6tDcn</a>— CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) <a href="https://twitter.com/CertiKAlert/status/1972994839873794062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">September 30, 2025</a>
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The month saw more than $100 million lost to wallet compromise, followed by phishing attacks which amounted to a little over $26 million. Other attacks included code vulnerabilities, exit scams, and market manipulation. The most notable attack was on UXLINK, in which more than <a href="https://www.cryptotimes.io/2025/09/23/uxlink-token-plunges-99-99-after-45m-phishing-attack/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">$45.5 million was lost to a phishing attack</a>. The attack led to UXLINK’s price dropping by 99.99% in a single day to $0.0000009065.&nbsp;
The other <a href="https://www.cryptotimes.io/2025/09/09/swissborg-crypto-platform-loses-41m-solana-in-major-security-breach/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">infamous attack was on SwissBorg</a>, a Switzerland-based crypto wealth management platform. Hackers stole over $40 million in Solana after exploiting a vulnerability in its staking partner Kiln’s API. The attack drained around 193,000 SOL tokens, worth $41 million, from the firm.&nbsp;
Until August of this year, there was a month-on-month increase in the number of crypto attacks and the capital lost to them. The month of September experienced a slightly less number of attacks, but crypto experts are cautioning users to stay vigilant and invest only after conducting a thorough analysis.&nbsp;
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Crypto Industry Lost Over $155 Million to Hackers in September

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