# 79thVault recovers 92% of $12.5 million drained through a single operator key as October hack losses pass $98 million

Cointelegraph's tally puts 2026 hack losses at $2.68 billion through September, and the cause of a $4 million wallet drain on a trader at Token2049 is still unknown.

- Published: 2026-10-12T05:41:53.098Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-10-12/79thvault-recovers-92-of-12-5-million-drained-through-a-sing
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [DeFiHackLabs](https://github.com/SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs/commit/e1e641e71ff42d79104bb88029f6055cfd7df84c), [DeFiHackLabs](https://github.com/SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs/commit/f9f8de703998e73401519829d075a31debb546a3), [Crypto Times](https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/10/08/79thvault-hack-12-5m-drained-from-79au-pool-on-bnb-chain/), [Cryptopolitan](https://www.cryptopolitan.com/hacker-returns-bnb-to-79thvault-hack/), [The Defiant](https://thedefiant.io/news/hacks/trader-frogman-drained-of-4-million-on-the-first-morning-of-token2049)

According to Cointelegraph's running tally, hackers took $2.68 billion in crypto through September, and October has already added more than $98 million. Most of the October figure comes from the tampered Ledger devices covered in today's le…

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