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Evening Standard
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Simon Hunt

Crypto hacks hit new record as government plans to ramp up regulation

Amid a string of scandals, bankruptcies and fraud charges blighting the crypto world last year, 2022 was also the biggest ever year for crypto hacking, new research reveals today.

As much as $3.8 billion was stolen over the course of the year, with huge spikes in March and October across several dozen major hacking incidents according to research by Chainalysis.

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