Hack history / Monthly reports / 2024-09
Crypto hacks and thefts, September 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
$157.1M
46 thefts
vs the month before
+98%
+98% ($79.2M)
vs a year earlier
−74%
−74% ($602M)
Largest thefts
BingX 20 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$45MVictim loses over $32 million to wallet drainer 28 · Hack or exploit$32MPenpie 03 · Reentrancy$27.3MIndodax 10 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$22MDeltaPrime 16 · Private Key Compromised$6MTruflation 25 · Malware$5.2MOcelotDex 20 · Infinite Mint$4.9MOnyx V2 26 · Liquidation Logic Flaw$3.8MBanana Gun 19 · Frontend Compromise$3MBedrock 26 · Malware$2M
How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 14$76M
Smart contract bug 20$37.9M
Other 4$33.8M
Phishing and scams 2$7.2M
Price, oracle and governance 3$1.4M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 3$830K
By chain
Ethereum 29$122.9M
not stated 12$32.4M
Polygon 1$22M
Optimism 1$22M
Arbitrum 1$6M
Solana 1$3M
Bitcoin 1$2M
BNB Chain 5$1.8M
By target
Centralized exchange 2$67M
DeFi protocol 14$49.2M
not stated 27$34.4M
Other 1$5.2M
Token 2$1.4M
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
1 cases, $0.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, September 2024", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2024-09/ (data as of 2026-10-31).