Table of contents
- Crypto hacks down 85%: the calmest month of the year
- The “Big Three”: Garden, Typus, Abracadabra
- Fewer attacks do not mean greater security
- An apparent truce in the decentralized cyber battle
Crypto hacks down 85%: the calmest month of the year
After months of turbulence, October 2025 marked a sharp downturn in crypto exploits.
PeckShield data shows only $18.18 million stolen across 15 incidents, compared to $127 million in September an 85.7% decrease, the lowest figure since early 2023.
But are protocols finally secure, or are hackers just getting smarter?
The “Big Three”: Garden, Typus, Abracadabra
Three major incidents dominated the month:
- Garden Finance (Bitcoin P2P protocol) suffered a $10 million exploit after a solver compromise.
- Typus Finance, a yield platform on Sui, lost $3.4 million in an oracle attack, triggering a 35% token drop.
- Abracadabra, a DeFi lending platform, endured its third exploit, losing $1.8 million in MIM stablecoins.
Without Garden’s case, losses would have fallen to $7.18 million — the lowest monthly total in nearly three years.
Fewer attacks do not mean greater security
Many observers see this slowdown as a positive sign the result of more mature DeFi protocols, more frequent audits, and safer implementations.
However, blockchain cyber security experts warn that the threat landscape is shifting, not retreating.
New tactics are emerging: malicious code injected directly into blockchain networks, bypassing traditional security layers.
This strategy, tested by groups linked to North Korea, marks a more sophisticated form of decentralized cyber warfare.
An apparent truce in the decentralized cyber battle
The crypto sector is therefore experiencing an ambivalent phase:
- on one hand, a record drop in attacks;
- on the other, an evolving threat striking deeper beneath the surface.
DeFi platforms, though more resilient today, cannot lower their guard. Blockchain security is not a final destination but an ongoing process in which every vulnerability becomes a chance to learn and every “quiet month” may simply be the calm before the storm.
