Crypto Hacks

Recent crypto hacks and thefts

The latest crypto hacks, exploits and exchange thefts, newest first: who was hit, how much was taken, how it happened and what came back. Every known incident since 2011, searchable by name, chain or attack type.

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$9.04B
stolen in 2026
440 incidents
$6.61B
stolen in the last 30 days
59 incidents
$6.36B
biggest on record
Binance, Oct 29, 2026
$30.1B
stolen since 2011
2,404 incidents

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  1. ZothDeFi ProtocolEthereum$285K

    An attacker used flash loans to manipulate Uniswap V3 prices and exploit a flaw in Zoth’s collateral calculations, creating excess collateral value and borrowing ZeUSD against it.

    How Swap Logic Flaw (Protocol Logic)Chains EthereumReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  2. FutureswapDeFi ProtocolEthereum$270K

    An attacker used flash loans—temporary borrowed funds—to gain voting power and pass a malicious Futureswap proposal, granting an attack contract permission to transfer tokens from users.

    How Flashloan Governance Attack (Governance)Chains EthereumReported loss $270K to $830KReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  3. Debot$255K

    DeBot users’ private keys were reportedly compromised, allowing an attacker to steal funds; theft was still ongoing when reported. The team later said it had processed compensation applications.

    How Private Key LeakageReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  4. ZEROBASEDeFi ProtocolBSC$250K

    A malicious BSC contract impersonating ZEROBASE tricked users into approving USDT transfers, then used those approvals to drain hundreds of wallets. The stolen funds were moved to an Ethereum address.

    How Token Approval Abuse (Access Control)Chains BSCReported loss $123K to $250KReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  5. HackenOther$250K

    A leaked private key with minting privileges let an attacker create about 900 million HAI tokens on Ethereum and BNB Chain and sell them, sharply driving down the token’s price.

    How Private Key Compromised (Key Compromise)Reported loss $170K to $250KReported by DefiLlama, SlowMist, RektRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  6. MEV Bot$210K

    A MEV bot lost approximately 116.7 ETH because its system lacked access controls.

    How Lack of Strict Access ControlReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  7. Peapods FinanceDeFi ProtocolEthereum$207K

    A misconfigured oracle in a user-created Peapods pod let an attacker manipulate the WETH/aspLONGsUSDe price and inflate collateral values. The pod lost about $207,000.

    How Oracle Misconfiguration (Oracle Manipulation)Chains EthereumReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  8. RANTTokenBSC$204K

    A flaw in RANT’s token burn function let attackers manipulate the burn process and steal about $204,000 from the protocol.

    How Incorrect Fee Accounting (Token & Share Accounting)Chains BSCReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  9. UniLendDeFi ProtocolEthereum$198K

    An attacker used a flash loan to manipulate UniLend’s health-factor calculation, exploiting outdated balance data to withdraw stETH. The protocol lost about $197,000.

    How Redeem Logic Flaw (Protocol Logic)Chains EthereumReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  10. Four.MemeDeFi ProtocolBSC$183K

    Four.Meme’s migration process accepted an attacker-created PancakeSwap pool with a fake, inflated token price and did not check the price before adding liquidity. The attacker exploited the imbalance to drain WBNB.

    How Swap Logic Flaw (Protocol Logic)Chains BSCReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  11. DoodiPalsTokenSolana$171K

    An attacker used a leaked DoodiPals private key to sell tokens from multiple wallets for about 917 SOL. The team said it planned to relaunch after an audit and compensate affected holders at a 1:1 rate.

    How Private Key Compromised (Key Compromise)Chains SolanaReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  12. FilDADeFi ProtocolElastos$167K

    An attacker manipulated prices used by FilDA’s lending oracle on Elastos, distorting asset values and draining more than 140,000 ELA and 5,800 USDC. FilDA suspended its Elastos deployment and said it would shut it down permanently.

    How Spot Price Manipulation (Oracle Manipulation)Chains ElastosReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  13. Port3 NetworkDeFi ProtocolBridgeBSC$166K

    A flaw in Port3’s cross-chain bridge allowed an attacker to mint 1 billion unauthorized PORT3 tokens. The attacker sold some for about 199.5 BNB, while the remaining unsold tokens were burned after the project removed liquidity.

    How Infinite Mint (Token & Share Accounting)Chains BSCReported loss $166K to $830KReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  14. D3X AI$159K

    An attacker manipulated the d3xat token’s spot price in a Uniswap V2 trading pair, which the D3X AI exchange contract relied on. The attack caused a loss of funds.

    How Price ManipulationReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  15. Sharwa.FinanceDeFi ProtocolArbitrum$146K

    Attackers exploited a flaw in Sharwa Finance’s margin-trading swaps by sandwiching their own trades—placing trades around a swap to manipulate its outcome—after borrowing assets with leverage. Two attackers took about $61,000 and $85,000 before the platform paused.

    How Swap Logic Flaw (Protocol Logic)Chains ArbitrumReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  16. Pond.funDeFi ProtocolLinea$145K

    Pond.fun’s lead software engineer was suspected of abusing privileged access to manipulate withdrawal functions and drain 64.8 ETH from liquidity pools. The funds were moved through Railgun and then to centralized exchanges.

    How Admin Drain (Rugpull)Chains LineaReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  17. DMT 空投(@dexmaxai)$130K

    During the DMT airdrop, users were tricked into signing token approvals that let attackers transfer their assets. More than $130,000 was stolen and bridged to Ethereum; most of it flowed to HitBTC.

    How Phishing AttackReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  18. Dexmax AITokenEthereum$130K

    Attackers tricked people claiming the DMT airdrop into signing extra approvals, allowing transfers from their wallets. They stole more than $130,000 and bridged the assets to Ethereum, with most flowing through HitBTC.

    How Token Approval Abuse (Access Control)Chains EthereumReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  19. Meta PoolDeFi ProtocolEthereum$130K

    An unprotected public mint function in Meta Pool’s staking contract let an attacker create mpETH without depositing collateral. Low liquidity limited how much they could sell, and most of the minted tokens were not converted into funds.

    How Infinite Mint (Token & Share Accounting)Chains EthereumReported loss $25K to $130KReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  20. MSCSTDeFi ProtocolBSC$130K

    A missing permission check in MSCST’s reward-release function let an attacker use a flash loan to manipulate the GPC token’s price on PancakeSwap. The attacker made about $130,000 in BNB.

    How Improper Access Control (Access Control)Chains BSCReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  21. Cashverse$108K

    Cashverse appeared to be attacked on BSC, according to security monitoring. No further details were reported.

    How Contract VulnerabilityReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  22. DRLVaultV3DeFi ProtocolEthereum$100K

    The attacker borrowed USDC, bought WETH to inflate its Uniswap price, then triggered DRLVaultV3 to buy WETH at that price and sold the attacker’s WETH for a profit. A whitehat captured about $100,000 in USDC that was expected to be recoverable.

    How Spot Price Manipulation (Oracle Manipulation)Chains EthereumReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  23. QuantMasterDeFi ProtocolEthereum$100K

    A malicious backdoor in QuantMaster’s smart contract let an insider developer extract funds, causing losses of several hundred thousand dollars. Project developer Thomson said code submissions pointed to a specific employee.

    How Backdoor Contract (Rugpull)Chains EthereumReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  24. Jake Gallen$100K

    After a suspicious Zoom interview, an attacker posing as a YouTube creator used Zoom’s remote-access settings to install malware on Jake Gallen’s computer. More than $100,000 in Bitcoin and Ethereum was stolen.

    How Social EngineeringReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  25. ODOS$100K

    A lack of input checks in ODOS’s executor contract let attackers steal revenue held in the contract across multiple chains, causing about $100,000 in losses. ODOS said user funds were not affected.

    How Contract VulnerabilityReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  26. AlkimiyaDeFi ProtocolEthereum$95.5K

    An attacker used a flash loan to exploit Alkimiya’s SilicaPools contract, where a conversion error made it record fewer shares than were issued. This allowed the attacker to redeem more collateral than they had deposited.

    How Arithmetic Error (Token & Share Accounting)Chains EthereumReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  27. BerallyDeFi ProtocolBerachain$90K

    A compromised Berally deployer key let the attacker sell vesting tokens and withdraw funds from a liquidity pool. The core dApp contracts were unaffected.

    How Deployer Key Compromised (Key Compromise)Chains BerachainReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  28. StepHeroNFTsDeFi ProtocolBSC$90K

    A reentrancy flaw in StepHeroNFTs’ referral-claim function let an attacker trigger repeated transfers before the contract updated its records, draining funds.

    How Reentrancy (Reentrancy)Chains BSCReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  29. Four.MemeDeFi ProtocolBSC$80K

    Four.Meme’s pre-launch transfer restrictions could be bypassed using a low-level function to create a PancakeSwap trading pair for tokens not yet launched. The attacker added liquidity at an unintended price and took pool funds.

    How Improper Access Control (Access Control)Chains BSCReported loss $19.5K to $80KReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  30. Hegic(old contract)DeFi ProtocolEthereum$80K

    An attacker exploited an old Hegic WBTC options pool withdrawal function that failed to reduce share balances. They deposited liquidity, bought put options, withdrew their liquidity, then exercised the options.

    How Withdrawal Logic Flaw (Protocol Logic)Chains EthereumReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  31. WebKeyDAOTokenBSC$73K

    An unprotected function let an attacker set WKEYDAO’s token price artificially low, buy tokens at one-tenth of market price, then sell them on a decentralized exchange for profit. A built-in cap limited how many tokens could be sold.

    How Improper Access Control (Access Control)Chains BSCReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  32. IRYS AITokenBinance Smart Chain$69.6K

    A backdoor admin function in the IRYS AI token contract let its deployer bypass normal permission checks and use the tax wallet to drain funds directly from users’ wallets.

    How Backdoor Contract (Rugpull)Chains Binance Smart ChainReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  33. Bankroll NetworkDeFi ProtocolBinance Smart Chain$65K

    Attackers exploited an integer underflow in the sell() function of abandoned BankrollStack contracts, manipulating dividend accounting through old token approvals. They drained funds from users who had previously used the contracts.

    How Arithmetic Error (Token & Share Accounting)Chains Binance Smart ChainReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  34. AST$64.7K

    AST was allegedly attacked on BSC, according to security monitoring. No further details were reported.

    How Contract VulnerabilityReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  35. Equilibria Finance$62.5K

    A transferability setting in Equilibria’s stk-ePENDLE contract let an attacker repeatedly move tokens between addresses, triggering reward claims each time and draining about 13.36 ETH in unclaimed rewards.

    How Contract VulnerabilityReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  36. GrizzifiDeFi ProtocolBSC$61K

    An attacker used multiple wallets to exploit Grizzifi’s reward calculations, which counted past investments rather than active ones, and claimed extra staking and referral rewards.

    How Reward Logic Flaw (Protocol Logic)Chains BSCReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  37. dTRINITYDeFi ProtocolSonic$56K

    A missing authorization check in dTRINITY’s swap adapter let the attacker use addresses that had previously approved it. Malicious swap routes sent team members’ collateral to the attacker while returning just enough to pass checks.

    How Improper Access Control (Access Control)Chains SonicReported by DefiLlama, SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  38. LIFE Protocol$51K

    SlowMist reported that LIFE Protocol had been attacked and funds were lost. The report did not describe the attack method or what happened to the funds.

    How Price ManipulationReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  39. LAURA$48.2K

    LAURA was suspected of a contract attack on Ethereum, causing an estimated loss of about $48,200.

    How Contract VulnerabilityReported by SlowMistRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

  40. Stepp2pDeFi ProtocolBSC$43K

    A logic flaw in Stepp2p’s core smart-contract functions was exploited, causing a loss of about $43,000.

    How Unknown (Protocol Logic)Chains BSCReported by DefiLlamaRecord updated Nov 12, 2026

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  • Rekt checked

Amounts are US dollar values at the time of each incident; where sources report different figures, the record shows the range. Summaries by CryptoCoin.News. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.