GoPlus: August Web3 Security Incident Results in Over $169 Million in Losses
BlockBeats News, September 15th: According to the latest GoPlus statistics, in August 2025, the Web3 ecosystem suffered economic losses of up to $169,283,216 due to major security incidents. Security event types include smart contract attacks, social engineering attacks, phishing attacks, rugs, and rug pulls.
In the case of contract attacks and related vulnerability exploits, 24 major events resulted in approximately $68.11 million in losses.
Phishing attacks in August caused a total loss of over $10 million, with more than 10,000 victim addresses, representing an increase of approximately 70% and 60% compared to June. Some phishing tools have been updated to support asset theft in a single batch.
In terms of rugs and scams, in August, 108 new rug tokens were added to the Ethereum mainnet, Base, and BSC. Among them, 8 were on ETH, 46 on Base, and 54 on BSC. In addition, on August 19th, a social engineering scam occurred involving 783 BTC (approximately $91 million), where scammers impersonated exchange and hardware wallet customer support to deceive users into revealing information, and the funds were then concealed through Wasabi Wallet.
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