Most Expensive Crypto Hacks Leaderboard

The biggest Web3 and DeFi exploits ranked by amount lost. Track high-impact incidents, study attack patterns, and learn how security failures scale into multi-million dollar losses.

  • $101B+

    Total Value Lost

  • 3299

    Incidents Tracked

  • 74

    Chains Affected

  • 80

    $100M+ Incidents

Top 10 Biggest Hacks

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  1. 🥈

    Mantra

    $5.50B

  2. #4

    LuBian

    $3.50B

    bitcoin

  3. #8

    Thodex

    $2.00B

  4. #10

    Finiko

    $1.50B

Where the Largest Losses Concentrate

Top Chains by Losses

  • ethereum $8,051M
  • bitcoin $4,415M
  • bsc $2,657M
  • solana $1,605M
  • polygon $1,512M

Top Techniques by Losses

  • Other $61,553M
  • Rugpull $15,684M
  • Access Control $4,030M
  • Private Key Compromised (Brute Force) $3,500M
  • Safe Multisig wallet Phishing Exploit / Access Control $1,635M

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Showing 651–700 of 3299 ranked incidents

Largest Web3 incidents by USD amount lost
Rank Project Amount Lost Date Chain Technique Attack Guide Source
651 CoinStats $2.0M - Phishing Phishing Attacks View →
652 pump.fun $2.0M solana Private Key Compromised (Unknown Method) / Flash Loan Attack Access Control Attacks View →
653 MangoFarmSol $2.0M solana Frontend Attack View →
654 Ovix $2.0M - Flash Loan Attack Flash Loans Attacks View →
655 0vix $2.0M polygon Flashloan Donate Function Logic Exploit Flash Loans Attacks View →
656 FilDA $2.0M - Other View →
657 Dexible V2 $2.0M arbitrum, ethereum Arbitrary External Call Delegatecall & Call Injection Attacks View →
658 Mirror Protocol $2.0M - Oracle Issue Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
659 Mad Meerkat Finance $2.0M - Other View →
660 MM Finance Cronos $2.0M cronos DNS Spoofing View →
661 Revest $2.0M - Other View →
662 AutoSharkFinance $2.0M - Other View →
663 Circle $2.0M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
664 Akropolis $2.0M ethereum Flashloan Reentrancy Attack / Flash Loan Attack Flash Loans Attacks View →
665 MintPal $2.0M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
666 PancakeHunny $2.0M - Other View →
667 MEV Bot $2.0M - Other View →
668 Dough Finance $2.0M ethereum Unvalidated call data exploit / Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
669 Titano $1.9M - Other View →
670 Coinis $1.9M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
671 BTER $1.9M - Rugpull View →
672 XBridge $1.9M bsc, ethereum Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
673 Dolomite $1.9M ethereum Acces Control Exploit / Other Access Control Attacks View →
674 KLAYswap $1.9M - Other View →
675 Omm Finance $1.9M - Other View →
676 Percent Finance $1.9M - Other View →
677 Balancer $1.9M - Flash Loan Attack Flash Loans Attacks View →
678 Omm $1.9M icon Redeem Function Exploit View →
679 Transit Finance $1.9M - Other View →
680 BT.Finance $1.9M ethereum Flash Loan Attack Flash Loans Attacks View →
681 Hope Finance $1.9M arbitrum Router Exploit / Rugpull View →
682 IVY $1.8M - Rugpull View →
683 Phishing $1.8M - Phishing Phishing Attacks View →
684 MERLIN DEX $1.8M zksync era Drained Contracts / Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
685 Nexera $1.8M ethereum Ownership Override Attack / Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
686 PancakeSwap $1.8M - Other View →
687 Ledger $1.8M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
688 CoinTiger $1.8M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
689 BTER $1.8M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
690 Bent Finance $1.8M ethereum User Balances Manually Updated / Other View →
691 Moonwell Lending $1.8M base cbETH Collateral Exploit / Oracle Issue Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation View →
692 USDC Permit Signature Phishing $1.8M - Phishing Phishing Attacks View →
693 8ightDAO $1.8M harmony Private Key Compromised (Unknown Method) Access Control Attacks View →
694 Gate.io $1.8M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
695 EVODeFi $1.7M - Flash Loan Attack Flash Loans Attacks View →
696 DePo $1.7M - Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
697 Concentric $1.7M arbitrum Private Key Compromised (Social Engineering) / Access Control Access Control Attacks View →
698 Taiko $1.7M - Other View →
699 Abracadabra Spell $1.7M ethereum Sequential State Manipulation Exploit / Other View →
700 XT Exchange $1.7M ethereum Access Control Access Control Attacks View →

Data sourced from DefiLlama & SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs . Thank you for keeping Web3 security data open.

Understanding the Pattern Behind Billion-Dollar Losses

The most expensive crypto hacks are not random. They cluster around repeating vulnerability patterns: access-control failures, flash-loan manipulation, oracle abuse, and unsafe external calls. Studying large-loss incidents helps security researchers prioritize high-impact threat models first.

For deeper context, explore the full Web3 Hacks Dashboard and our Smart Contract Attack Library for hands-on exploit and mitigation breakdowns.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this leaderboard ranked?

Incidents are ranked by parsed USD amount lost in descending order. Records without parseable loss values are excluded from this ranking.

Does this include every attack type?

It includes all incidents with known loss values in the database. Use the full dashboard for broader filtering and lower-severity incidents.

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