Hack history / Crypto hacks on Ethereum
Crypto hacks on Ethereum
Every recorded theft on Ethereum: hacks, exploits, phishing, scams and rug pulls.
Taken
$19.74B
1141 thefts · $8.50B in 881 on Ethereum alone; multi-chain incidents count in full on each chain
Largest
$6.30B
Binance CEX
Through keys and infrastructure
52%
of dollars taken
Largest thefts
Binance CEX 2026-10-29 · Hack or exploit · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$6.30BBybit 2025-02-21 · Hack or exploit · Signer Phishing$1.46BBeautyChain 2018-04-22 · Hack or exploit · Infinite Mint$1.00BRonin Bridge 2022-03-23 · Hack or exploit · Validator Key Compromised$624MPoly Network 2021-08-10 · Hack or exploit · Improper Access Control$611MFTX 2022-11-12 · Hack or exploit · Phishing$477MBitget 2026-09-24 · Hack or exploit · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$387MKelp 2026-04-18 · Hack or exploit · Cross-Chain Message Spoofing$293MPlayDapp 2024-02-09 · Hack or exploit · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$290MKuCoin 2020-09-26 · Hack or exploit · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$281MWazirX: India 2024-07-18 · Hack or exploit · Signer Phishing$234.9MBabel Finance 2022-06-17 · Hack or exploit · Proprietary trading failure$225MEuler V1 2023-03-13 · Hack or exploit · Donation Attack$197MBitmart 2021-12-04 · Hack or exploit · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$196MNomad 2022-08-01 · Hack or exploit · Forged Proof$190M
Most recent
Binance CEX 2026-10-29 · Hack or exploit · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$6.30BHifi Finance 2026-10-28 · Hack or exploit · Malicious Proposal$1MzkLink Nova 2026-10-28 · Hack or exploit · Cross-Chain Message Spoofing$783KYapeswap 2026-10-25 · Hack or exploit · Malicious Proposal$22KX100 2026-10-24 · Hack or exploit · Flashloan Governance Attack$4.8MWAX Multi-Chain Bridge 2026-10-22 · Hack or exploit · Missing Input Validation$90KSwell 2026-10-21 · Hack or exploit · Hot Wallet Key CompromisedundisclosedArgent-style Smart Wallet System 2026-10-19 · Hack or exploit · Smart Contract Vulnerability$60KBiFi 2026-10-17 · Hack or exploit · the idle BiFi USDT market freezes its per-block exchange rate and stores the entire 264,059-block inactive gap on the first action, then the interest model charges that full ~36 day gap of deposit interest on every later action in the same block at a utilization rate the attacker sets through permis$166KKolanHook 2026-10-15 · Hack or exploit · KolanHook settles its escrowed ETH buy-windows at the same Uniswap v4 pool's instantaneous spot price with no TWAP or bound and accept() is ungated once a window has expired, so the attacker flash-borrows 6.7 WETH from Balancer, swaps it to move the KLN spot, then calls accept() on two expired windo$19K
How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 210$10.26B
Smart contract bug 443$4.44B
Phishing and scams 88$2.84B
Price, oracle and governance 135$700.8M
Other 105$612.8M
Bridge and cross-chain 36$596.4M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 124$297.2M
By year
2026 151$7.34B
2025 119$2.26B
2024 223$1.46B
2023 270$1.52B
2022 188$2.63B
2021 101$2.17B
2020 56$673.1M
2019 12$201.1M
2018 13$1.24B
2017 6$189.1M
2016 2$62M
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks on Ethereum", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/c/ethereum/ (data as of 2026-10-31).