Hack history / 2024 / Hack or exploit
Chris Larsen
Hack or exploit on Jan 31, 2024 · Private Key Leakage
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 2 SOURCES
Lost
$112.5M
dollars at the time
Returned
$4.2M
4% of the loss, as a source states it
Rank
#55
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
On January 31st, according to blockchain investigator ZachXBT, Ripple fell victim to a hacking attack resulting in the theft of 213 million XRP, valued at approximately $112.5 million. Ripple's co-founder, Chris Larsen, tweeted, "Yesterday, there was unauthorized access to a few of my personal XRP accounts (not @Ripple) – we were quickly able to catch the problem and notify exchanges to freeze the affected addresses. Law enforcement is already involved."
Details
- Date
- Jan 31, 2024
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Private Key Leakage
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- ripple
After the theft
- Recovered or frozen
- $4.2M
“$112.5M taken, $108.3M after recovery or freezing” (Web3 Is Going Great)
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Chris Larsen hack, Jan 31, 2024: $112.5M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htfd46ba2118/ (data as of 2026-10-31).