Hack history / Monthly reports / 2022-08
Crypto hacks and thefts, August 2022
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
$310.7M
41 thefts
vs the month before
+195%
+195% ($105.4M)
vs a year earlier
−65%
−65% ($876.2M)
Largest thefts
Nomad 01 · Forged Proof$190MAcala 14 · Infinite Mint$52MBrazilian crypto lender BlueBenx halts customer withdrawals and lays off employees after $32 million "hack" 14 · Hack or exploit$32MSolana 03 · Unknown$8MThe Bribe Protocol 18 · Scam$5.5MZB Exchange 01 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$4.3MSlope Wallet 02 · Key Stored Publicly$4.1MDragoma 08 · Admin Drain$3.5MReaper Farm 02 · Improper Access Control$1.7M"Animate your Bored Ape" scammers linked to more phishing attacks amounting to more than $2.5 million 08 · Scam$1.6M
How attackers got in
Bridge and cross-chain 2$190M
Smart contract bug 8$54.6M
Other 9$41.1M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 8$12.9M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 6$9.4M
Phishing and scams 4$2.4M
Price, oracle and governance 4$317K
By chain
Ethereum 16$200.3M
Acala 1$52M
Polkadot 1$52M
not stated 5$32.9M
Solana 4$13.7M
Multiple 2$4.5M
Polygon 3$4.1M
BNB Chain 10$2.1M
By target
DeFi protocol 11$249.6M
not stated 27$52.7M
Centralized exchange 1$4.3M
Wallet 1$4.1M
Bridge 1$0
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
3 cases, $205.2M.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, August 2022", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2022-08/ (data as of 2026-10-31).