Hack history / Monthly reports / 2020-08
Crypto hacks and thefts, August 2020
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
$283.9M
22 thefts
vs the month before
+521%
+521% ($45.8M)
vs a year earlier
31×
31× ($9.3M)
Largest thefts
YFValue 24 · Staking Pool Vulnerability$170MCoinbit 25 · Scam$85MElectrum 30 · Fake software update$16MOKEx 18 · Forged Proof$5.6MCWT 01 · Ransomware$4.5MEthereum Classic 06 · Forged Proof$1.7MYAM 13 · Contract Vulnerability$750KOpyn 04 · Withdrawal Logic Flaw$371KJon Prosser 05 · Account Compromise$4KETC 30 · 51% attackundisclosed
How attackers got in
Smart contract bug 4$170.4M
Phishing and scams 3$85M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 4$16M
Bridge and cross-chain 2$7.3M
Other 7$4.5M
Price, oracle and governance 1$750K
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 1$0
By chain
Ethereum 5$171.1M
not stated 15$105.5M
Ethereum Classic 2$7.3M
By target
not stated 13$175.3M
Centralized exchange 4$90.6M
Wallet 3$16M
Layer 1 1$1.7M
DeFi protocol 1$371K
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
3 cases, $30M.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, August 2020", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2020-08/ (data as of 2026-10-31).