Hack history / Monthly reports / 2018-01
Crypto hacks and thefts, January 2018
Thefts are hacks, exploits, phishing, scams and rug pulls, in dollars at the time. A single source for $500M or more waits for a second source before it counts.
Taken
$534.4M
2 thefts
vs the month before
+717%
+717% ($65.4M)
vs a year earlier
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How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 2$534.4M
By chain
NEM 1$534M
not stated 1$400K
By target
Centralized exchange 1$534M
Wallet 1$400K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, January 2018", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2018-01/ (data as of 2026-10-31).