Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
Experienced crypto trader suffers $470,000 theft after signing malicious message
Hack or exploit on Aug 18, 2022
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$469K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,174
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Aug 18, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Experienced crypto trader suffers $470,000 theft after signing malicious message hack, Aug 18, 2022: $469K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht07e5e8854b/ (data as of 2026-10-31).