Web3 Hacks in 2019

2019 incident records, sorted by known loss. The strongest mapped pattern is Access Control (15 rows); the largest tracked chain bucket is Ethereum ($167.6M).

Incident records

Sorted by known reported loss first, then recency. Open the source before treating any summary as final.

Links
1 PlusToken $2.9B — Rugpull
2 Token.Store $160M — Rugpull
3 QuadrigaCX $147M — Access Control Attacks
4 Upbit $51.2M ethereum Access Control Attacks
5 Binance $41.7M bitcoin Access Control Attacks
6 Bitpoint $32.0M bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, xrp Access Control Attacks
7 Bitmarket $27.1M — Rugpull
8 Coinbin $26.0M ethereum Access Control Attacks
9 Bithumb $19.2M ethereum, ripple Access Control Attacks
10 Cryptopia $16.0M ethereum Suspected private-key compromise
11 Kraken $10.5M bitcoin Access Control Attacks
12 GateHub $10.0M ripple Access Control Attacks
13 CoinTiger (PTT) $9.2M ethereum Key Leaked via Infrastructure
14 DragonEx $7.0M bitcoin, eos, etc, ethereum, nem, ripple Rugpull / Key Leaked via Infrastructure
15 VeChain $6.5M vechain Access Control Attacks
16 Chain Fusion $6.4M ethereum Access Control Attacks
17 Bitrue $5.0M cardano, ripple Access Control Attacks
18 TronBank $4.3M tron Backdoor Contract
19 BitoPro $2.2M — Other
20 CoinTiger $1.8M — Access Control Attacks
21 Soxex $1.0M — Rugpull
22 Bitcoin Norway $1.0M — Other
23 Bitsane $570K — Rugpull
24 VinDAX $500K ethereum, multiple Other / Key Leaked via Infrastructure
25 Nuls $480K nuls Signature Verification Flaw
26 Ethereum Classic $220K ethereum classic Forged Proof
27 Netbox $132K bitcoin, ethereum Rugpull / Key Leaked via Infrastructure
28 Biki $123K — Access Control Attacks
29 Coinbase $100K — Access Control Attacks
30 LocalBitcoins $27K bitcoin Other / Key Leaked via Infrastructure
31 Vertcoin $29 vertcoin Validator Key Compromised
32 Synthetix — ethereum Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation
33 Coinroom — — Rugpull
34 Poker EOS — eos Access Control Attacks
35 Qubicle — ethereum Honeypot
36 TronWow — tron Unknown
37 TronBank — tron Infinite Mint
38 TronCrush — tron Infinite Mint
39 CoinBene — ethereum Suspected wallet compromise; cause unconfirmed

Notes

Loss totals use parsed USD values only; unknown or unparseable losses are not guessed. Attack-class links are added only when the root cause is clear enough to map.