Hack history / Monthly reports / 2024-04
Crypto hacks and thefts, April 2024
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
$114.6M
59 thefts
vs the month before
−45%
−45% ($206.6M)
vs a year earlier
−27%
−27% ($157.3M)
Largest thefts
Hedgey 19 · Missing Input Validation$44.7MZKasino 20 · Rug Pull$33MRain 29 · Private Key Compromised$14.8MMuskSwap and related projects exit scam for over $5 million 08 · Rug pull$5.1MGrand Base 15 · Phishing$2MPike Finance 30 · Contract Vulnerability$1.7MPike V1 30 · Proxy Upgrade Hijack$1.6MXBridge 24 · Contract Vulnerability$1.4MZest 12 · Spot Price Manipulation$1MCondomSOL 04 · Rug Pull$922K
How attackers got in
Smart contract bug 22$50.1M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 17$43.3M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 6$14.9M
Bridge and cross-chain 4$3.1M
Phishing and scams 1$2M
Price, oracle and governance 4$1.2M
Other 5$170K
By chain
Ethereum 17$100.7M
Arbitrum 5$46.6M
zkSync Era 3$33.7M
Solana 4$15.7M
Bitcoin 1$14.8M
XRP 1$14.8M
ripple 1$14.8M
BNB Chain 25$9.5M
By target
DeFi protocol 12$51.9M
not stated 39$46M
Centralized exchange 1$14.8M
Bridge 2$1.4M
Token 5$543K
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
4 cases, $130M.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, April 2024", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2024-04/ (data as of 2026-10-31).