$3 Billion In Cryptocurrency Stolen This Year. So Far.

"Hackers are on a roll in 2022, stealing over $3 billion in cryptocurrency," writes Slashdot reader quonset (citing figures from blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis). "And the year isn't over yet.
"For comparison, in 2021, only $2.1 billion in crypto currency was stolen during the entire year."
CBS News reports:
A big chunk of that $3 billion, around $718 million, was taken this month in 11 different hacks, Chainalysis said in a series of tweets posted Wednesday. ctober is now the biggest mont