Hack history / 2018 / Hack or exploit
MyEtherWallet
Hack or exploit on Apr 25, 2018 · DNS hijacking
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$13M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#259
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
After logging in to the website for 10s, the user's wallet is emptied, the hacker hijacks the DNS server, and the user logs in to MyEtherWallet to force a redirect to the malicious website. The user was forced to redirect to a malicious website when logging in to MyEtherWallet.
Details
- Date
- Apr 25, 2018
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- DNS hijacking
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Wallet
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "MyEtherWallet hack, Apr 25, 2018: $13M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htdc0daf77c5/ (data as of 2026-10-31).