MCAP $2.70T ▼ 4.85% 24H VOL $44.46T BTC.D 60.3% FEAR & GREED 53 Neutral BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $80,947 ▼ 0.79% ETH $2,353 ▼ 2.80% USDT $0.9992 ▲ 0.02% BNB $708.57 ▼ 1.51% XRP $1.27 ▼ 2.82% USDC $0.9998 ▲ 0.01% SOL $101.32 ▼ 2.77% TRX $0.3318 ▼ 0.66% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 4.38% ZEC $1,067 ▼ 8.06%

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
BNS: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 1 Feb 2022 $7.50m Reported
Qubit: Missing Input Validation 28 Jan 2022 $80.00m Reported
OpenSea: Withdrawal Logic Flaw 25 Jan 2022 $1.00m Reported
Crosswise: Improper Access Control 18 Jan 2022 $879.0k Reported
Crypto.com: Session Key Compromised 18 Jan 2022 $33.70m Reported
Multichain: Missing Input Validation 18 Jan 2022 $1.40m Reported
Crypto Burger: Improper Access Control 17 Jan 2022 $770.0k Reported
Float Protocol: Spot Price Manipulation 15 Jan 2022 $1.16m Reported
Lympo: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 10 Jan 2022 $18.70m Reported
LCX: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 8 Jan 2022 $7.94m Reported
Arbix Finance: Admin Drain 4 Jan 2022 $10.00m Reported
Tinyman: Incorrect Share Accounting 1 Jan 2022 $3.00m Reported
SashimiSwap: Swap Logic Flaw 30 Dec 2021 $210.0k Reported
Monkey Kingdom: Phishing 23 Dec 2021 $1.30m Reported
Bent Finance: Backdoor Contract 21 Dec 2021 $1.75m Reported
Gamma: Reentrancy 21 Dec 2021 $8.20m Reported
Grim Finance: Reentrancy 18 Dec 2021 $30.00m Reported
NerveBridge: Swap Logic Flaw 14 Dec 2021 $537.0k Reported
Vulcan Forged: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 13 Dec 2021 $140.00m Reported
AscenDEX: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 11 Dec 2021 $77.00m Reported
8ightDAO: Phishing 8 Dec 2021 $1.75m Reported
Pizza DeFi: Arithmetic Error 5 Dec 2021 $5.00m Reported
Bitmart: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 4 Dec 2021 $196.00m Reported
Polygon: Improper Access Control 3 Dec 2021 $2.04m Reported
Badger DAO: CDN Compromise 2 Dec 2021 $120.00m Reported

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