Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
LCX
Hack or exploit on Jan 8, 2022 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$7.9M
sources: $6.8M to $8M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#351
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On January 8, 2022 at 10:23 PM GMT, attackers compromised LCX's Ethereum hot wallets and transferred $7.94 million in assets including ENJ, LINK, SAND, and stablecoins. Funds were converted within 45 minutes; LCX recovered ~60% through law enforcement.
Details
- Date
- Jan 8, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Key Leaked via Infrastructure
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- Ethereum
- Audit (rekt.news)
- unaudited
After the theft
- Recovered or seized
- yes, amount not stated
“LCX recovered ~60% through law enforcement.” (DefiLlama) - Frozen
- yes, amount not stated
“The LCX exchange tweeted that LCX's technical team detected an unauthorized access on the LCX platform, nearly $8 million in encrypted assets were stolen, and about 60% were frozen.” (SlowMist Hacked)
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SwanBluechip, "LCX hack, Jan 8, 2022: $7.9M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htb8c8a3b810/ (data as of 2026-11-01).