Hack history / Monthly reports / 2018-08
Crypto hacks and thefts, August 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
$4.4M
3 thefts
vs the month before
−86%
−86% ($31.7M)
vs a year earlier
no data to compare
no data to compare
Largest thefts
How attackers got in
Other 2$4.4M
Smart contract bug 1$0
By chain
Ethereum 1$4.4M
EOS 2$0
By target
not stated 3$4.4M
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, August 2018", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2018-08/ (data as of 2026-10-31).