Hack history / Monthly reports / 2022-09
Crypto hacks and thefts, September 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
$192.4M
28 thefts
vs the month before
−38%
−38% ($310.7M)
vs a year earlier
−13%
−13% ($222.1M)
Largest thefts
Wintermute 20 · Phishing$160MBinance accounting bug involving Helium tokens results in $19 million of erroneous payouts 16 · Hack or exploit$19MVulnerability discovered in vanity wallet generator puts millions of dollars at risk 15 · Hack or exploit$3.3MBXH 21 · Private Key Leakage$2.5MGERA 07 · Deployer Key Compromised$1.5MMEV Bots 27 · Contract Vulnerability$1.5MNew Free DAO 08 · Reward Logic Flaw$1.2MDogechain 11 · Contract Vulnerability$600KDAO Swap 05 · Improper Access Control$580KGMX V1 EVM 18 · Stale Price Arbitrage$565K
How attackers got in
Phishing and scams 4$160.3M
Other 5$22.4M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 3$4.2M
Smart contract bug 10$3.8M
Price, oracle and governance 5$976K
Bridge and cross-chain 1$600K
By chain
Ethereum 11$186M
not stated 2$3.1M
BNB Chain 12$2.4M
Avalanche 3$936K
Arbitrum 1$565K
Polygon 1$265K
By target
Other 1$160M
not stated 16$25M
DeFi protocol 7$4.8M
Centralized exchange 2$2.5M
Gaming 1$44K
NFTfi 1$0
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
3 cases, $52.5M.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, September 2022", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2022-09/ (data as of 2026-10-31).