Crypto Infrastructure Exploits Drive Record 2025 Losses
Crypto private key exploits and front-end compromises have accounted for most of the $2.1 billion worth of crypto lost to attacks in the first half of 2025, says blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs.
Over 80% of crypto stolen across 75 hacks so far this year was taken in so-called infrastructure exploits, which, on average, made off with 10 times more than other attack types, TRM Labs said in a report on Thursday.
Infrastructure attacks target the technical backbone of a system to gain unauthorized control, mislead users, or reroute assets.
They include attacks such as hijacking a crypto wallet’s private seed phrase or exploiting the user-facing part of a crypto protocol.
“These methods exploit foundational weaknesses in…
