Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Bittensor
Hack or exploit on Jul 2, 2024 · Malware
IN REVIEWSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$8M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#348
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Bittensor suffered an $8M hack on July 2, 2024 via a supply chain attack. The PyPI package v6.12.2 was compromised with malware that stole coldkeys when users initiated staking, delegation, or transfer operations.
In review: possible duplicate within one source.
Details
- Date
- Jul 2, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Malware
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- DeFi protocol
- Chains
- not stated
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bittensor hack, Jul 2, 2024: $8M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htec1c6c8214/ (data as of 2026-10-31).