April proved to be a brutal month for crypto security, with over $364 million lost to exploits, hacks, and scams, according to blockchain security firm CertiK. In its latest monthly update, shared in a post on X , CertiK reported that net losses for last month totaled just over $345 million. Around $18.2 million was recovered — largely thanks to whitehat hackers who returned funds from incidents involving KiloEx, Loopscale, and zkSync. What’s more, the vast majority of the total losses in April, around $330 million, stemmed from a single phishing attack. To continue reading this as well as other DeFi and Web3 news, visit us at thedefiant.io