MCAP $2.75T ▼ 2.92% 24H VOL $45.71T BTC.D 60.1% FEAR & GREED 59 Greed BTC FEE 1 sat/vB BTC $82,546 ▲ 0.98% ETH $2,424 ▲ 0.32% USDT $0.9994 ▲ 0.02% BNB $726.63 ▲ 0.97% XRP $1.31 ▲ 1.28% USDC $0.9999 ▲ 0.01% SOL $105.38 ▲ 1.52% TRX $0.3311 ▼ 0.62% FIGR_HELOC $1.08 ▲ 0.73% ZEC $1,174 ▲ 3.28%

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.

Clear
Recorded crypto security incidents
Incident Date Reported amount Status
Flexcoin: Withdrawal Logic Flaw 2 Mar 2014 $600.0k Reported
Picostocks: Private Key Compromised 17 Feb 2014 $4.43m Reported
Mt. Gox: Private Key Compromised 7 Feb 2014 $470.00m Reported
Bitcash: Improper Access Control 11 Nov 2013 $100.0k Reported
Inputs.io: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 23 Oct 2013 $1.20m Reported
Bitfloor: Key Stored Publicly 5 Sep 2012 $250.0k Reported
Bitcoinica: Key Leaked via Infrastructure 1 Mar 2012 $228.0k Reported
Mt. Gox: Improper Access Control 19 Jun 2011 $8.75m Reported

Download this dataset

The files contain the recorded rows, including incidents without a reported amount.

Embed the incident stats
<iframe src="https://coindesk.cc/embed/incidents" width="360" height="320" title="CoinDesk security incidents" loading="lazy"></iframe>