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Terra Classic
$40.00B
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.
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$91B+
Total Value Lost
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3595
Incidents Tracked
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141
Chains Affected
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65
$100M+ Incidents
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Showing 1251-1300 of 3595 ranked incidents
| Rank | Project | Amount Lost | Date | Chain | Technique | Attack Guide | Source |
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| 1251 | NEVER | $240K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1252 | Thunder Terminal | $240K | ethereum, solana | Key Leaked via Infrastructure | — | — | |
| 1253 | Celer Bridge | $240K | multi chain | Other / DNS Hijack | — | View → | |
| 1254 | POKeFARM | $238K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1255 | Balancer V2 | $238K | ethereum | Frontend Attack / Other / Frontend Compromise | — | View → | |
| 1256 | Scooby Pepe | $238K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1257 | DubaiCEO | $237K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1258 | Reflex Staking Bot | $237K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1259 | OpenLeverage | $236K | bsc | Other / Unknown | — | View → | |
| 1260 | Bitomat | $236K | - | Access Control | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 1261 | Shido Global | $235K | bsc | Other / Unknown | — | View → | |
| 1262 | Bankroll | $235K | bsc | Flash Loan Attack / Missing Input Validation | Flash Loan Attacks | View → | |
| 1263 | Balancer V1 | $234K | ethereum | Rounding Error | — | — | |
| 1264 | Uniswap | $232K | ethereum | Other / Reentrancy | Reentrancy | View → | |
| 1265 | STILTON MUSK | $232K | - | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 1266 | Peapods Finance | $231K | ethereum | Reentrancy | Reentrancy | View → | |
| 1267 | Elongate Deluxe | $230K | - | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 1268 | Gondi | $230K | ethereum | Access Control / PurchaseBundler Exploit / Token Approval Abuse | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 1269 | Polycule | $230K | polygon | Key Leaked via Infrastructure / Other | — | View → | |
| 1270 | Empower AI | $230K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1271 | ZongZi | $230K | bsc | Flash Loan Attack / Spot Price Manipulation | Flash Loan Attacks | View → | |
| 1272 | Synthetify | $230K | solana | Malicious Proposal | — | — | |
| 1273 | Shapeshift | $230K | bitcoin | Access Control / Private Key Compromised | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 1274 | JUDAO | $228K | bsc | Arithmetic Error | — | — | |
| 1275 | Astrid Finance | $228K | ethereum | Withdraw Function Argument Manipulation / Missing Input Validation | — | View → | |
| 1276 | Linode | $228K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1277 | Bitcoinica | $228K | bitcoin | Key Leaked via Infrastructure | — | — | |
| 1278 | Agent Smith | $227K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1279 | Satori | $226K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1280 | Abattoir of Zir | $226K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1281 | BRA | $225K | bsc | Fee-on-transfer reserve accounting mismatch | Flash Loan Attacks | View → | |
| 1282 | Shadetech | $225K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1283 | PAULY | $224K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1284 | Ledger | $224K | - | Access Control | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 1285 | Diamond DND | $223K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1286 | DLMC | $223K | bsc | Spot Price Manipulation | Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation | — | |
| 1287 | QuickSwap | $220K | polygon | Flash Loan Attack / Spot Price Manipulation | Flash Loan Attacks | View → | |
| 1288 | Ethereum Classic | $220K | ethereum classic | Forged Proof | — | — | |
| 1289 | Tetris Finance | $218K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1290 | Cubic Finance | $217K | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1291 | NFTflow | $216K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1292 | JUICE | $216K | ethereum | Other / Reward Logic Flaw | — | View → | |
| 1293 | CIRCLE (fake) | $216K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1294 | Hypr Network | $215K | - | Other | — | View → | |
| 1295 | Fluid Lending | $215K | ethereum | Key Leaked via Infrastructure | — | — | |
| 1296 | MMFinance | $215K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1297 | Brand New Quest Metaverse | $214K | - | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1298 | Bep Finance | $212K | binance | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 1299 | SKP | $212K | bsc | Incorrect Share Accounting | — | — | |
| 1300 | Linear Finance | $212K | - | Other | — | View → |
Data sourced from DefiLlama & SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs . Thank you for keeping Web3 security data open.
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