Hack history / 2022 / Hack or exploit
3Commas
Hack or exploit on Dec 11, 2022 · Database Breach
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$20M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#210
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
3Commas' API database containing ~100K API keys was breached and publicly leaked on December 28, 2022. Attackers used the stolen keys to access connected exchange accounts and drain cryptocurrency by performing unauthorized trades across Binance, KuCoin, and other platforms.
Details
- Date
- Dec 11, 2022
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Database Breach
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Multiple
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "3Commas hack, Dec 11, 2022: $20M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htba03d7729e/ (data as of 2026-10-31).