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Crypto hacks and thefts, September 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
$60.4M
9 thefts
vs the month before
14×
14× ($4.4M)
vs a year earlier
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Largest thefts

How attackers got in

Keys, accounts and infrastructure 1$60M
Smart contract bug 4$279K
Other 4$78K

By chain

Bitcoin 1$60M
EOS 8$357K

By target

Centralized exchange 1$60M
DeFi protocol 2$258K
not stated 6$99K
Cite this pageSwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, September 2018", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2018-09/ (data as of 2026-10-31).
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