MCAP $2.77T ▼ 2.54% 24H VOL $45.04T BTC.D 60.2% FEAR & GREED 59 Greed BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $82,519 ▲ 0.85% ETH $2,424 ▲ 0.14% USDT $0.9992 ▲ 0.01% BNB $725.37 ▲ 0.49% XRP $1.31 ▲ 0.73% USDC $0.9998 ▲ 0.00% SOL $105.28 ▲ 1.08% TRX $0.3314 ▼ 0.54% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 0.73% ZEC $1,174 ▲ 2.17%

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
Bitcoin Gold: Forged Proof 16 May 2018 $18.00m Reported
Gate: Private Key Compromised 21 Apr 2018 $235.00m Reported
Coinsecure: Private Key Compromised 12 Apr 2018 $3.30m Reported
BitGrail: Improper Access Control 12 Feb 2018 $170.00m Reported
Coincheck: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 26 Jan 2018 $534.00m Reported
EtherDelta: DNS Hijack 20 Dec 2017 $1.40m Reported
NiceHash: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 8 Dec 2017 $64.00m Reported
Tether: Private Key Compromised 19 Nov 2017 $30.95m Reported
Parity Multisig: Uninitialized Proxy 9 Nov 2017 $150.00m Reported
CoinDash: Frontend Compromise 18 Jul 2017 $7.70m Reported
Parity: Uninitialized Proxy 1 Jul 2017 $30.00m Reported
Yapizon: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 27 Apr 2017 $4.80m Reported
Bitcurex: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 13 Oct 2016 $1.50m Reported
Bitfinex: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 2 Aug 2016 $72.00m Reported
The DAO: Reentrancy 17 Jun 2016 $60.00m Reported
Gatecoin: Improper Access Control 14 May 2016 $2.00m Reported
ShapeShift: Private Key Compromised 7 Apr 2016 $230.0k Reported
BTER: Private Key Compromised 15 Aug 2015 $1.65m Reported
Bitfinex: Hot Wallet Key Compromised 22 May 2015 $329.0k Reported
KipCoin: Private Key Compromised 18 Feb 2015 $728.0k Reported
BTER: Private Key Compromised 17 Feb 2015 $1.75m Reported
796: Improper Access Control 27 Jan 2015 $270.0k Reported
Bitstamp: Phishing 5 Jan 2015 $5.20m Reported
Cryptsy: Private Key Compromised 29 Jul 2014 $9.58m Reported
Mintpal: Improper Access Control 13 Jul 2014 $2.00m Reported

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