MCAP $2.71T ▼ 4.49% 24H VOL $44.32T BTC.D 60.2% FEAR & GREED 53 Neutral BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $81,480 ▲ 0.31% ETH $2,383 ▼ 0.22% USDT $0.9992 ▲ 0.01% BNB $716.57 ▲ 0.30% XRP $1.30 ▲ 0.61% USDC $0.9998 ▲ 0.00% SOL $103.07 ▲ 0.32% TRX $0.3330 ▼ 0.05% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 5.11% ZEC $1,108 ▼ 0.90%

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
DAO Maker Vesting: Improper Access Control 4 Sep 2021 $4.00m Reported
Siren: Reentrancy 3 Sep 2021 $3.50m Reported
CREAM Lending: Reentrancy 30 Aug 2021 $18.80m Reported
Bilaxy: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 29 Aug 2021 $21.70m Reported
xToken: Spot Price Manipulation 29 Aug 2021 $4.50m Reported
Dot.Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 25 Aug 2021 $429.7k Reported
Liquid Global: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 19 Aug 2021 $91.35m Reported
Pinecone Finance: Incorrect Share Accounting 19 Aug 2021 $200.0k Reported
SurgeBNB: Reentrancy 17 Aug 2021 $5.00m Reported
Ref Finance: Missing Input Validation 15 Aug 2021 $3.20m Reported
Acala Network: Infinite Mint 13 Aug 2021 $1.60m Reported
NEKO: Improper Access Control 13 Aug 2021 $2.20m Reported
DAO Maker Vesting: Improper Access Control 12 Aug 2021 $7.00m Reported
Punk Protocol: Delegatecall Hijack 10 Aug 2021 $8.95m Reported
Poly Network: Improper Access Control 10 Aug 2021 $611.00m Reported
Zerogoki: Oracle Misconfiguration 8 Aug 2021 $670.0k Reported
WaultSwap: Risk Parameter Abuse 4 Aug 2021 $930.0k Reported
Popsicle Finance: Reward Logic Flaw 3 Aug 2021 $20.70m Reported
Levyathan: Key Stored Publicly 30 Jul 2021 $1.50m Reported
PolyYeld Finance: Infinite Mint 28 Jul 2021 $250.0k Reported
THORChain DEX: Withdrawal Logic Flaw 22 Jul 2021 $8.00m Reported
Bunny: Unbacked Mint 16 Jul 2021 $2.40m Reported
Bondly: Phishing 15 Jul 2021 $5.90m Reported
THORChain DEX: Bridge Logic Flaw 15 Jul 2021 $5.00m Reported
ApeRocket: Reward Logic Flaw 14 Jul 2021 $1.26m Reported

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