Hack history / Monthly reports / 2024-10
Crypto hacks and thefts, October 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
$150.3M
42 thefts
vs the month before
−4%
−4% ($157.1M)
vs a year earlier
+279%
+279% ($39.7M)
Largest thefts
Radiant V2 16 · Blind Signing$50MIBXtrade 18 · Rug Pull$21.8MEssence Finance 26 · Rug Pull$20MUS Government Crypto Wallet 24 · Private Key Compromised$20MM2 Exchange 31 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$13.7MEigenLayer 05 · Impersonation Scam$5.7MTapioca DAO 18 · Impersonation Scam$4.7MSHARPEI 23 · Rug Pull$3.4MSUNRAY FINANCE 30 · Private Key Compromised$2.9MAARK (Aark Digital) 25 · Decimal Miscalculation$1.9M
How attackers got in
Phishing and scams 4$61.8M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 5$45.7M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 19$37.3M
Smart contract bug 6$3M
Price, oracle and governance 8$2.5M
By chain
Ethereum 17$98.8M
Arbitrum 6$59.7M
BNB Chain 5$50.1M
not stated 12$41.8M
Solana 2$17.1M
Bitcoin 1$13.7M
BOB 1$1.5M
Base 1$1M
By target
DeFi protocol 13$69.1M
not stated 21$46.8M
Other 1$20M
Centralized exchange 1$13.7M
Token 4$656K
Wallet 2$0
Collapses and frauds, counted apart
1 cases, $0.
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, October 2024", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2024-10/ (data as of 2026-11-01).