Hack history / Monthly reports / 2026-09
Crypto hacks and thefts, September 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
$774.9M
71 thefts
vs the month before
+192%
+192% ($265.7M)
vs a year earlier
+499%
+499% ($129.3M)
Largest thefts
Bitget 24 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$387MLiquid Network 06 · Unbacked Cross-Chain Mint$320MProjects on the defunct Neutron chain lose $1.8 million to governance attack, Cosmos Hub halts chain 22 · Hack or exploit$9.5MRsETHSafeModule 15 · Smart Contract Vulnerability$7.7MDuelbits 24 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised$7MDCENT Wallet 15 · Unknown$6.6MAstroport 22 · Malicious Proposal$4.9MDrop 22 · Malicious Proposal$4.4MNostra Money Market 17 · Spot Price Manipulation$3.5MNomic 09 · Unbacked Cross-Chain Mint$3.1M
How attackers got in
Keys, accounts and infrastructure 7$402.8M
Bridge and cross-chain 10$326.9M
Smart contract bug 34$15.2M
Price, oracle and governance 14$14.3M
Other 4$13.6M
Phishing and scams 2$2.1M
By chain
Ethereum 25$415M
Tron 3$394.7M
XRP 1$387M
Zcash 1$387M
Bitcoin 2$327M
Liquid 1$320M
not stated 18$15.4M
BNB Chain 17$10.7M
By target
Centralized exchange 1$387M
Chain 3$322.3M
DeFi protocol 27$26.4M
not stated 29$15M
Wallet 5$14.8M
Gambling Platform 1$7M
NFTfi 2$1.8M
Token 2$479K
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Crypto hacks and thefts, September 2026", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/m/2026-09/ (data as of 2026-10-31).