Hack history / Monthly reports / 2020-12
Crypto hacks and thefts, December 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
$3.56B
12 thefts
vs the month before
35×
35× ($101.9M)
vs a year earlier
510×
510× ($7M)
Largest thefts
LuBian 20 · Weak Key Generation$3.50BCompounder Finance 02 · Admin Drain$12.5MExmo 21 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$10.5MCover Protocol 28 · Arithmetic Error$9.4MNexus Mutual 14 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$8MWarp Protocol 18 · Spot Price Manipulation$7.8MAeternity 08 · Validator Key Compromised$5.2MLivecoin 24 · API Key Compromised$3.3MAltilly 26 · API Key Compromised$750KFoxconn 08 · Ransomwareundisclosed
How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 8$3.53B
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 1$12.5M
Smart contract bug 1$9.4M
Price, oracle and governance 1$7.8M
Other 1$0
By chain
Bitcoin 1$3.50B
Ethereum 4$37.7M
Multiple 3$14.6M
Aeternity 1$5.2M
not stated 3$0
By target
Other 1$3.50B
DeFi protocol 4$37.7M
Centralized exchange 5$14.6M
Chain 1$5.2M
not stated 1$0
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
2 cases, $441.2M.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, December 2020", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2020-12/ (data as of 2026-10-31).