April 2026: The Worst Month in Crypto Security History


The figures are in and they are truly brutal.
Damage:
➡️ ~#GateSquareMayTradingShare Stolen through 30 separate incidents
➡️ The month with the most hacks TO DATE by number of incidents
➡️ About 1 hack per day
➡️ 10 times the damage of March
The two largest incidents account for 93% of total damage:
🔻 KelpDAO: $651M (Impersonating LayerZero bridge)
🔻 Drift Protocol: $293M (A 6-month social engineering attack campaign)
A real wake-up call:
75% of the hack damages in 2026 can be traced back to North Korea’s Lazarus group.
The attack methods have changed, no longer involving smart contract bugs.
We are HUMAN.
ZRO0.2%
DRIFT0.18%
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