Hack history / Monthly reports / 2019-08
Crypto hacks and thefts, August 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
$9.3M
7 thefts
vs the month before
−83%
−83% ($55.8M)
vs a year earlier
+111%
+111% ($4.4M)
Largest thefts
CoinTiger (PTT) 17 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$9.2MRoyale 04 · Unknown$76KSKR EOS 13 · Transaction congestion attack$16KBitstamp 13 · Information LeakageundisclosedSKReos 10 · Transaction congestion attackundisclosedLuckyClover 02 · Hard_fail attackundisclosedUnicornBet 02 · Fake EOS Vulnerability Attackundisclosed
How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 1$9.2M
Other 4$92K
Smart contract bug 2$0
By chain
Ethereum 1$9.2M
EOS 5$92K
not stated 1$0
By target
Centralized exchange 2$9.2M
not stated 5$92K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, August 2019", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2019-08/ (data as of 2026-11-01).