Hack history / Monthly reports / 2023-03
Crypto hacks and thefts, March 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
$327.1M
42 thefts
vs the month before
+438%
+438% ($60.8M)
vs a year earlier
−55%
−55% ($726.3M)
Largest thefts
Euler V1 13 · Donation Attack$197MOver $35 million lost as contagion from Euler hack spreads throughout defi 13 · Hack or exploit$37.6MAngle Protocol 13 · Affected by Euler Finance Attack$17.6MBalancer 13 · Affected by Euler Finance Attack$11.9MIdle Finance 14 · Affected by Euler Finance Attack$11MSafemoon 28 · Improper Access Control$8.9MBitBNS discloses that they were hacked in February 2022, hid it as "system maintenance" 01 · Hack or exploit$7.5MParaSpace Lending V1 17 · Spot Price Manipulation$5MSherlock 14 · Affected by Euler Finance Attack$4.5MSwissBorg 13 · Affected by Euler Finance Attack$4.5M
How attackers got in
Smart contract bug 14$240.1M
Other 10$65.6M
Price, oracle and governance 5$8M
Phishing and scams 5$6.7M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 5$5.1M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 3$1.6M
By chain
Ethereum 24$306.4M
BNB Chain 9$10.7M
not stated 7$8.9M
Optimism 1$4M
Arbitrum 2$1.7M
Bitcoin 1$1.6M
Hedera 1$600K
Moonriver 1$350K
By target
DeFi protocol 11$215.2M
not stated 25$101.3M
NFTfi 1$5M
Token 2$3.9M
Other 1$1.6M
DAO 1$120K
Wallet 1$0
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, March 2023", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2023-03/ (data as of 2026-10-31).