Hack history / Monthly reports / 2018-12
Crypto hacks and thefts, December 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
$935K
20 thefts
vs the month before
+39%
+39% ($675K)
vs a year earlier
−99%
−99% ($65.4M)
Largest thefts
BetDice 19 · Roll back attack$486KEOS Max 19 · Unknown$135KVertcoin 12 · Risk Parameter Abuse$100KToBet 19 · Unknown$54KTronwin 31 · Overflow$37KTRUSTBET 19 · Replay attack$28KDice3D 03 · Random number attack$27KFastWin 25 · Minting Attack$25KBig.game 19 · Roll back attack$19KDice3D 01 · Transaction Rollback Attack$17K
How attackers got in
Other 5$524K
Smart contract bug 14$311K
Price, oracle and governance 1$100K
By chain
EOS 17$798K
Vertcoin 1$100K
Tron 1$37K
Ethereum 1$0
By target
not stated 17$646K
DeFi protocol 2$190K
Layer 1 1$100K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, December 2018", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2018-12/ (data as of 2026-10-31).