MCAP $2.71T ▼ 4.06% 24H VOL $43.54T BTC.D 60.2% FEAR & GREED 53 Neutral BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $80,868 ▼ 0.69% ETH $2,345 ▼ 2.65% USDT $0.9992 ▲ 0.02% BNB $708.57 ▼ 0.90% XRP $1.26 ▼ 2.33% USDC $0.9998 ▲ 0.00% SOL $101.32 ▼ 2.32% TRX $0.3321 ▼ 0.54% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 4.38% ZEC $1,059 ▼ 7.53%

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
FEG Token: Improper Access Control 17 May 2022 $1.90m Reported
Quickswap V3: DNS Hijack 14 May 2022 $107.6k Reported
Blizz Finance: Stale Oracle Price 13 May 2022 $8.30m Reported
Venus Protocol: Stale Oracle Price 12 May 2022 $11.20m Reported
Drift Trade: Risk Parameter Abuse 11 May 2022 $14.50m Recovered
X2Y2: Phishing 11 May 2022 $200.0k Reported
Fortress Loans: Malicious Proposal 8 May 2022 $2.98m Reported
MM Finance Cronos: DNS Hijack 4 May 2022 $2.00m Reported
Rari Capital: Reentrancy 1 May 2022 $80.00m Reported
Saddle Finance: Swap Logic Flaw 30 Apr 2022 $11.00m Reported
DEUS Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 28 Apr 2022 $13.40m Reported
Terra (LUNA): Phishing 21 Apr 2022 $4.31m Reported
Zeed Finance: Arithmetic Error 21 Apr 2022 $1.00m Reported
Beanstalk: Flashloan Governance Attack 17 Apr 2022 $181.00m Reported
Rikkei Finance: Improper Access Control 15 Apr 2022 $1.10m Reported
Elephant Money: Spot Price Manipulation 12 Apr 2022 $22.20m Reported
CF Token: Improper Access Control 11 Apr 2022 $1.90m Reported
Starstream Finance: Admin Drain 7 Apr 2022 $4.00m Reported
WonderHero: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 7 Apr 2022 $320.0k Reported
Inverse Finance Frontier: Spot Price Manipulation 2 Apr 2022 $15.60m Reported
Ola Finance: Reentrancy 31 Mar 2022 $4.67m Reported
BasketDAO: Arbitrary External Call 30 Mar 2022 $1.20m Reported
Cryptovoxels: Phishing 28 Mar 2022 $171.0k Reported
Revest Finance: Reentrancy 27 Mar 2022 $2.01m Reported
Auctus: Arbitrary External Call 26 Mar 2022 $726.0k Reported

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