Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
Stake.com
Hack or exploit on Sep 4, 2023 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised
ATTRIBUTEDSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$41.3M
official: about $41M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#125
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Stake.com's hot wallets were compromised on September 4, 2023, leading to $41.3M theft of USDT, ETH, and other assets across Ethereum, BSC, and Polygon.
Details
- Date
- Sep 4, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Other
- Chains
- Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon
- Attributed to
- North Korea (Lazarus Group, APT38)
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Stake.com hack, Sep 4, 2023: $41.3M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht527cf17e6e/ (data as of 2026-10-31).