Hack history / Monthly reports / 2022-12
Crypto hacks and thefts, December 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
$154.1M
40 thefts
vs the month before
−79%
−79% ($738.2M)
vs a year earlier
−75%
−75% ($614.5M)
Largest thefts
mgnr 19 · Rug Pull$52M3Commas 11 · Database Breach$20MHelio 02 · The impact of the Ankr vulnerability$19M3Commas finally owns up to API key leak 28 · Hack or exploit$14.8MDefrost 23 · Private Key Compromised$12MBitKeep 26 · Unknown$9MLodestar V0 10 · Spot Price Manipulation$6.9MAnkr 02 · Improper Access Control$5MRaydium AMM 16 · Malware$4.4MLuke Dashjr 31 · Private Key Leakage$3.6M
How attackers got in
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 4$52.4M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 6$38.6M
Smart contract bug 14$25.9M
Other 3$23.8M
Price, oracle and governance 11$7.9M
Phishing and scams 2$5.5M
By chain
not stated 6$66.8M
BNB Chain 15$33.4M
Multiple 1$20M
Avalanche 5$12.9M
Arbitrum 2$6.9M
Ethereum 8$6.7M
Bitcoin 2$6.6M
Solana 2$4.4M
By target
not stated 17$90.8M
DeFi protocol 13$31M
Centralized exchange 1$20M
Wallet 2$12M
Token 7$280K
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
5 cases, $1.00B.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, December 2022", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2022-12/ (data as of 2026-11-01).