PANews reported on January 2 that according to Cointelegraph, in December 2024, the losses caused by cryptocurrency hacking, vulnerability exploits and fraud fell to the lowest level of the year, only $29 million, a significant drop from $63.8 million in November and $115.8 million in October. The main events included the theft of $2.1 million from the GemPad platform vulnerability, the theft of $1 million from the FEG cross-chain bridge vulnerability, and the theft of $12.3 million in crypto assets from LastPass users due to data leaks. According to CertiK and PeckShield, the total losses from related attacks in December fell 71% month-on-month. The total losses for the whole year reached $2.3 billion, an increase of 40% from 2023, but lower than $3.78 billion in 2022, mainly due to the increase in access control vulnerabilities in centralized exchanges and hosting platforms.