Hack history / 2017 / Hack or exploit
EtherDelta
Hack or exploit on Dec 20, 2017 · DNS Hijack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$1.4M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#828
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Between December 19-26, 2017, EtherDelta suffered DNS hijacking attacks by Anthony Nashatka and Elliott Gunton. Users were redirected to a phishing site where credentials were captured. The attackers stole ~$600K from Dec 19-21 and an additional $800K from a single user on Dec 26, totaling ~$1.4M.
Details
- Date
- Dec 20, 2017
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- DNS Hijack
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "EtherDelta hack, Dec 20, 2017: $1.4M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htff8947527a/ (data as of 2026-10-31).