Hack history / Monthly reports / 2019-03
Crypto hacks and thefts, March 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
$72.7M
23 thefts
vs the month before
+113%
+113% ($34.1M)
vs a year earlier
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Largest thefts
Coinbene 25 · Improper Access Control$40MBithumb 29 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$19MDragonEx 24 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$7MBithumb 29 · Wallet Stolen$6.2Mnkpaymentcap 11 · Transfer error prompt$178KEtbox 24 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$132KBiKi 26 · unknown$123KZION 28 · Roll back attack$12KVegas Town 10 · Hard_fail attack$8KGamble EOS 09 · Transfer error prompt$8K
How attackers got in
Smart contract bug 8$40.2M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 4$26.1M
Other 11$6.4M
By chain
Ethereum 4$66.1M
XRP 2$26M
EOS 16$7.2M
Bitcoin 2$7.1M
NEM 1$7M
ETC 1$7M
not stated 3$6.3M
Tron 1$0
By target
Centralized exchange 7$72.5M
not stated 15$218K
DeFi protocol 1$0
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, March 2019", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2019-03/ (data as of 2026-11-01).