Hack history / Monthly reports / 2019-01
Crypto hacks and thefts, January 2019
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
$17.5M
32 thefts
vs the month before
19×
19× ($935K)
vs a year earlier
−97%
−97% ($534.4M)
Largest thefts
Cryptopia 14 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$16METC 06 · 51% attack$1.2MEthereum Classic 06 · Forged Proof$220KLocalBitcoins 26 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$27KFarmEOS 13 · Transaction congestion attack$11Kplaygames 16 · Transaction congestion attack$5KFarmEOS 15 · Transaction congestion attack$5KFastwin 31 · Unknown$5KHotDice 04 · transaction congestion attack$3KEOSlots 31 · Fake EOS Vulnerability Attackundisclosed
How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 4$16M
Other 13$1.2M
Bridge and cross-chain 1$220K
Smart contract bug 14$19K
By chain
Ethereum 1$16M
not stated 2$1.2M
Ethereum Classic 1$220K
EOS 27$29K
Bitcoin 1$27K
By target
Centralized exchange 3$16M
not stated 28$1.2M
Chain 1$220K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, January 2019", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2019-01/ (data as of 2026-10-31).