MCAP $2.70T ▼ 4.16% 24H VOL $42.53T BTC.D 60.1% FEAR & GREED 53 Neutral BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $81,096 ▼ 0.17% ETH $2,369 ▼ 1.55% USDT $0.9991 ▲ 0.01% BNB $712.12 ▼ 0.29% XRP $1.27 ▼ 1.42% USDC $0.9997 ▼ 0.00% SOL $102.05 ▼ 1.18% TRX $0.3323 ▼ 0.62% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 4.48% ZEC $1,090 ▼ 3.13%

Security incidents

Hacks, exploits and protocol failures recorded by the desk, with the date, the reported amount where a source states one, and a link to the record.

Reported losses by year

  • 2026$20.5B
  • 2025$2.8B
  • 2024$1.7B
  • 2023$1.6B
  • 2022$3.6B
  • 2021$2.9B

Sums use only amounts a source stated. Incidents without a reported figure are excluded.

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Recorded crypto security incidents
Incident Date Reported amount Status
Earning.Farm: Withdrawal Logic Flaw 15 Oct 2022 $1.20m Reported
QANplatform: Weak Key Generation 11 Oct 2022 $2.00m Reported
Mango Markets V3: Spot Price Manipulation 11 Oct 2022 $115.00m Reported
TempleDAO: Improper Access Control 11 Oct 2022 $2.30m Reported
Binance Bridge: Proof Verifier Bug 6 Oct 2022 $570.00m Reported
RES Token: Spot Price Manipulation 6 Oct 2022 $290.0k Reported
Sovryn: Reentrancy 4 Oct 2022 $1.10m Reported
Transit Swap: Missing Input Validation 2 Oct 2022 $28.90m Reported
Wintermute: Phishing 20 Sep 2022 $160.00m Reported
GMX V1 EVM: Stale Price Arbitrage 18 Sep 2022 $565.0k Reported
GMX V1 Perps: Stale Price Arbitrage 18 Sep 2022 $565.0k Reported
New Free DAO: Reward Logic Flaw 8 Sep 2022 $1.25m Reported
GERA: Deployer Key Compromised 7 Sep 2022 $1.48m Reported
Nereus Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 6 Sep 2022 $371.0k Reported
DAO Swap: Improper Access Control 5 Sep 2022 $580.0k Reported
ShadowFi: Improper Access Control 2 Sep 2022 $301.0k Reported
KyberSwap Classic: CDN Compromise 1 Sep 2022 $265.0k Reported
KaoyaSwap: Swap Logic Flaw 24 Aug 2022 $118.0k Reported
SudoRare: Liquidity Rug 23 Aug 2022 $800.0k Reported
Celer cBridge: DNS Hijack 18 Aug 2022 $240.0k Reported
Blur Finance: Exit Scam 10 Aug 2022 $600.0k Reported
Curve DEX: DNS Hijack 9 Aug 2022 $575.0k Recovered
Dragoma: Admin Drain 8 Aug 2022 $3.50m Reported
Slope Wallet: Key Stored Publicly 2 Aug 2022 $4.10m Reported
Reaper Farm: Improper Access Control 1 Aug 2022 $1.70m Reported

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