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DeFi Exploits 2026 - $137M+ Already Lost Since January, hackers have drained over $137M across 15 protocols - and only $9M has been recovered. The attack vectors tell a familiar story: compromised private keys, smart contract bugs, oracle manipulation, and reentrancy. The same vulnerabilities that have plagued DeFi for years are still finding victims. Top 10 protocols by funds lost are: • Step Finance - $27.3M • Truebit - $26.2M • Resolv - $25M • SwapNet - $13.4M • YieldBlox DAO - $10.97M • Saga - $7M • Makina - $5M • IoTeX - $4.4M • Aperture - $3.7M • Venus – $3.7M What stands out is how preventable most of these were. Compromised private keys are an operational security failure, not a protocol flaw. Oracle manipulation and reentrancy attacks have known defences. Yet they keep working. As new protocols launch without proper audits, the attack surface only expands. $137M in under 3 months is a pace that, if sustained, would make 2026 one of the worst years on record for DeFi security. 🔗x.com/cipherresearchx/status/2035702242498785511 Top 7 Ecosystem:Alpha | X | Telegram