Hack history / Monthly reports / 2026-08
Crypto hacks and thefts, August 2026
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
$265.7M
54 thefts
vs the month before
+3%
+3% ($257.2M)
vs a year earlier
+67%
+67% ($159.2M)
Largest thefts
Tectonic 30 · Donation Attack$120.4MNesa 24 · Arithmetic Error$50MKITE Foundation 05 · Private Key Compromised$13.3MKiiChain 22 · Arithmetic Error$9.7MMore Markets exploited for $9.3 million 31 · Hack or exploit$9.3MMoonwell Lending 27 · Spot Price Manipulation$8.7MTermFinance Vaults 23 · Malicious Proposal$8.5MCoinsbuy 09 · Improper Access Control$7.9MTAC 22 · Withdrawal Logic Flaw$7.5MMANTRA Chain 21 · Improper Access Control$3.6M
How attackers got in
Smart contract bug 27$212.2M
Price, oracle and governance 12$20M
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 6$18.3M
Other 3$10.4M
Bridge and cross-chain 5$4.7M
Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses 1$72K
By chain
Cosmos 2$130.1M
Cronos 1$120.4M
Nesa 1$50M
Ethereum 15$44.2M
Flow 2$9.7M
KiiChain 1$9.7M
Base 4$9.6M
Tron 1$7.9M
By target
DeFi protocol 27$146.5M
Chain 10$79.9M
Wallet 5$23.2M
not stated 5$10.6M
Foundation 1$3M
Liquidity Pool 2$1.6M
Crypto Card 1$501K
NFTfi 1$162K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, August 2026", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2026-08/ (data as of 2026-10-31).