Hack history / Monthly reports / 2025-05
Crypto hacks and thefts, May 2025
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
$252.3M
30 thefts
vs the month before
−53%
−53% ($532.9M)
vs a year earlier
−42%
−42% ($433.9M)
Largest thefts
Cetus CLMM 22 · Arithmetic Error$223MCork V1 28 · Improper Access Control$12MBitoPro 08 · Key Leaked via Infrastructure$11.5MMobius Token 11 · Decimal Miscalculation$2.1MLND 09 · Improper Access Control$1.2MDemex 16 · Spot Price Manipulation$951KZunami Protocol 15 · Private Key Compromised$500KDexodus Finance 26 · Stale Oracle Price$300KMalda 30 · Contract Vulnerability$285KNalakuvara_LotteryTicket50 09 · Price Manipulation$106K
How attackers got in
Smart contract bug 13$238.8M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 8$12M
Price, oracle and governance 4$1.4M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 1$70K
Other 4$21K
By chain
Sui 1$223M
Ethereum 5$24M
Tron 1$11.5M
Solana 1$11.5M
Polygon 1$11.5M
BNB Chain 10$2.3M
Sonic 1$1.2M
Hyperliquid 1$1.2M
By target
DeFi protocol 8$240.1M
Centralized exchange 1$11.5M
not stated 20$580K
Token 1$70K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, May 2025", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2025-05/ (data as of 2026-10-31).