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Crypto hacks and thefts, February 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
$34.1M
7 thefts
vs the month before
+95%
+95% ($17.5M)
vs a year earlier
−85%
−85% ($220M)

Largest thefts

How attackers got in

Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 1$26M
Other 3$8.1M
Smart contract bug 2$6K
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 1$0

By chain

Ethereum 1$26M
EOS 5$8.1M
not stated 1$0

By target

Centralized exchange 2$26M
not stated 5$8.1M
Cite this pageSwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, February 2019", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2019-02/ (data as of 2026-11-01).
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