Hack history / Monthly reports / 2018-10
Crypto hacks and thefts, October 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
$6.6M
9 thefts
vs the month before
−89%
−89% ($60.4M)
vs a year earlier
no data to compare
no data to compare
Largest thefts
How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 2$5.9M
Smart contract bug 6$639K
Other 1$0
By chain
not stated 2$5.9M
EOS 6$609K
Ethereum 1$38K
By target
Centralized exchange 2$5.9M
DeFi protocol 4$509K
not stated 3$138K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, October 2018", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2018-10/ (data as of 2026-10-31).