MCAP $2.70T ▼ 4.85% 24H VOL $44.46T BTC.D 60.3% FEAR & GREED 53 Neutral BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $81,062 ▼ 0.11% ETH $2,363 ▼ 0.84% USDT $0.9992 ▲ 0.01% BNB $710.81 ▼ 0.39% XRP $1.27 ▼ 1.48% USDC $0.9998 ▲ 0.00% SOL $101.70 ▼ 0.53% TRX $0.3324 ▼ 0.35% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 4.39% ZEC $1,074 ▼ 4.80%

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
MonoX: Swap Logic Flaw 30 Nov 2021 $31.40m Reported
Visor Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 28 Nov 2021 $975.7k Reported
Lever: Borrow Logic Flaw 27 Nov 2021 $652.0k Reported
Snowdog: Liquidity Rug 25 Nov 2021 $18.10m Reported
Ploutoz: Spot Price Manipulation 23 Nov 2021 $365.0k Reported
Phantom Galaxies: Malware 19 Nov 2021 $1.10m Reported
Nerve: Swap Logic Flaw 15 Nov 2021 $537.0k Reported
ChainSwap: Caller Impersonation 7 Nov 2021 $4.40m Reported
Ooki: Phishing 5 Nov 2021 $55.00m Reported
Squid Games: Liquidity Rug 3 Nov 2021 $3.38m Reported
Vesper Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 3 Nov 2021 $3.37m Reported
BXH: Private Key Compromised 30 Oct 2021 $139.00m Reported
AutoShark: Reward Logic Flaw 29 Oct 2021 $580.0k Reported
AnubisDAO: Admin Drain 29 Oct 2021 $60.00m Reported
CREAM Lending: Spot Price Manipulation 27 Oct 2021 $130.00m Reported
Alpha Homora: Spot Price Manipulation 23 Oct 2021 $147.0k Reported
Glide Finance: Missing Input Validation 18 Oct 2021 $300.0k Reported
Indexed Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 14 Oct 2021 $16.00m Reported
Mirror: Improper Access Control 8 Oct 2021 $90.00m Reported
pNetwork: Spoofed Event Log 4 Oct 2021 $13.00m Reported
Compound V2: Arithmetic Error 29 Sep 2021 $147.00m Reported
Vee Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 21 Sep 2021 $34.00m Reported
JayPegs Automart: Frontend Compromise 17 Sep 2021 $3.10m Reported
NowSwap: Arithmetic Error 15 Sep 2021 $1.07m Reported
Zabu Finance: Deposit Logic Flaw 12 Sep 2021 $3.20m Reported

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