Hack history / Monthly reports / 2023-01
Crypto hacks and thefts, January 2023
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
$17.7M
28 thefts
vs the month before
−89%
−89% ($154.1M)
vs a year earlier
−91%
−91% ($201.3M)
Largest thefts
LendHub 13 · Incorrect Share Accounting$6MHackers steal $3.2 million from GMX whale 03 · Hack or exploit$3.3MOmm 21 · Redeem Logic Flaw$1.9MAzuki 28 · Account Compromise$1.7MFFF 20 · Insider Manipulation$1MKevin Rose 26 · Phishing Attack$1MMidas Capital 15 · Reentrancy$650KNFTs reportedly stolen from influencer CryptoNovo, flipped for at least $525,000 04 · Hack or exploit$525KMycelium 07 · Oracle Attack$300KBRA 10 · Incorrect Share Accounting$225K
How attackers got in
Smart contract bug 10$9.2M
Other 7$4M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 7$3M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 2$1.2M
Price, oracle and governance 2$380K
By chain
Ethereum 10$6.9M
Heco 1$6M
HECO 1$6M
BNB Chain 9$2.1M
Icon 1$1.9M
Polygon 2$730K
not stated 6$254K
Solana 1$5K
By target
DeFi protocol 7$8.9M
not stated 19$8.5M
Token 2$270K
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
4 cases, $5.10B.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, January 2023", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2023-01/ (data as of 2026-10-31).