MCAP $2.74T ▼ 2.83% 24H VOL $45.96T BTC.D 60.1% FEAR & GREED 59 Greed BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $82,412 ▲ 1.13% ETH $2,419 ▲ 0.60% USDT $0.9992 ▲ 0.01% BNB $724.94 ▲ 0.94% XRP $1.31 ▲ 0.96% USDC $0.9998 ▲ 0.01% SOL $104.59 ▲ 0.97% TRX $0.3324 ▼ 0.28% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 0.73% ZEC $1,155 ▲ 2.01%

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
Alpha Finance: Borrow Logic Flaw 13 Feb 2021 $37.50m Reported
BT Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 12 Feb 2021 $1.50m Reported
Growth DeFi: Missing Input Validation 9 Feb 2021 $1.40m Reported
Yearn Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 5 Feb 2021 $11.00m Reported
SushiSwap: Swap Logic Flaw 27 Jan 2021 $103.8k Reported
Badger DAO: Swap Logic Flaw 25 Jan 2021 $103.8k Reported
Cover Protocol: Arithmetic Error 29 Dec 2020 $9.40m Reported
LuBian: Weak Key Generation 28 Dec 2020 $3.50bn Reported
Altilly: API Key Compromised 26 Dec 2020 $750.0k Reported
Livecoin: API Key Compromised 24 Dec 2020 $3.30m Reported
Exmo: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 21 Dec 2020 $10.50m Reported
Warp Protocol: Spot Price Manipulation 18 Dec 2020 $7.80m Reported
Nexus Mutual: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 14 Dec 2020 $8.00m Reported
Aeternity: Validator Key Compromised 8 Dec 2020 $5.20m Reported
Compounder Finance: Admin Drain 2 Dec 2020 $12.46m Reported
Pickle: Missing Input Validation 22 Nov 2020 $19.70m Reported
Origin Protocol: Reentrancy 17 Nov 2020 $7.70m Reported
CheeseBank: Spot Price Manipulation 16 Nov 2020 $3.30m Reported
ValueDefi: Spot Price Manipulation 14 Nov 2020 $7.40m Reported
Akropolis: Reentrancy 12 Nov 2020 $2.00m Reported
Ledger: Phishing 6 Nov 2020 $271.0k Reported
Axion: Infinite Mint 2 Nov 2020 $500.0k Reported
EtherCrash: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 30 Oct 2020 $2.50m Reported
Harvest Finance: Spot Price Manipulation 26 Oct 2020 $24.00m Reported
KuCoin: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 29 Sep 2020 $281.00m Reported

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