Expert Says 80% of Crypto Projects Fail to Recover After Hacks

• Most teams are not prepared for hacker attacks and do not have a response plan, the CEO of Immunefi said.
• According to Mitchell Amador, in the first hours after a hack, crypto projects lose even more due to delays in decision-making.
• The key problem is not the loss of funds, but the loss of trust and the disruption of operational processes.

About 80% of crypto projects that fall victim to hacker attacks never fully restore their operations. This was stated by Mitchell Amador, CEO of the Web3 security platform Immunefi, in a comment for Cointelegraph.

According to him, most teams are unprepared for crisis situations and do not have a clear action plan. In the first hours after a hack, decision-making slows down, which only deepens the losses.

Amador noted that teams do not understand the scale of the attack and start improvising, which often leads to additional losses.

The main problem is not the loss of assets itself, but the destruction of trust and the disruption of the project’s operations. Kerberus CEO Alex Katz emphasized that even after the technical issue is resolved, users often do not return.

Recently, the main cause of incidents has been human error: phishing, interaction with fake websites, and key disclosure, and the development of AI only amplifies the scale of such attacks, the report says.

Despite the negative statistics, Amador is confident that smart contract security is rapidly improving. In 2026, he predicts significant progress thanks to better development practices, audits, and the use of on-chain monitoring.

At the same time, rapid incident response remains the main weakness. According to the CEO of Immunefi, projects must communicate with users immediately, even if the full scale of the incident is not yet clear.

As a reminder, according to a Chainalysis report, crypto scammers stole a record $17 billion in 2025.