Crypto Long & Short: What this year's $972 million crypto hacks actually tell us about security

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Crypto Long & Short: What this year's $972 million crypto hacks actually tell us about security

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Mitchell Amador from Immunefi highlights that this year's $972 million crypto hacks are primarily facilitated through vulnerabilities in keys, signers, and governance, rather than contract bugs.

In this week's Crypto Long & Short, Immunefi's Mitchell Amador writes that most of 2026's stolen crypto is leaving through keys, signers and governance, not contract bugs, and explains why “we were audited” was never the same as “we are safe.”