Hack history / Monthly reports / 2019-05
Crypto hacks and thefts, May 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
$46.7M
8 thefts
vs the month before
333×
333× ($140K)
vs a year earlier
+76%
+76% ($26.5M)
Largest thefts
Binance 07 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$40MTronBank 03 · Backdoor Contract$4.3MBitoPro 02 · False top-up$2.1MPoker EOS 24 · Private Key Compromised$173KCoinbase 22 · SIM Card Attack$100KWheel Of Fortune 02 · Roll back attack$184DiceGame 13 · Roll back attack$125Remitano 29 · False XRP depositsundisclosed
How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 2$40.2M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 1$4.3M
Other 4$2.2M
Smart contract bug 1$184
By chain
Bitcoin 1$40M
Tron 3$4.3M
not stated 3$2.2M
EOS 1$173K
By target
Centralized exchange 4$42.2M
DeFi protocol 2$4.4M
not stated 2$309
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, May 2019", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2019-05/ (data as of 2026-10-31).