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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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3597
Incidents Tracked
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141
Chains Affected
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65
$100M+ Incidents
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Showing 2251-2300 of 3597 ranked incidents
| Rank | Project | Amount Lost | Date | Chain | Technique | Attack Guide | Source |
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| 2251 | Gaia protocol | $598 | ethereum | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 2252 | Potatos Finance | $569 | binance | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 2253 | Waronrug degen token | $555 | ethereum | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 2254 | DAOstreetbets | $548 | binance | Honeypot | — | View → | |
| 2255 | SAILSAN | $426 | ethereum | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 2256 | GoldenFarm | $396 | binance | Rugpull | — | View → | |
| 2257 | BOMBHEAD token | $342 | ethereum | Honeypot | — | — | |
| 2258 | Dswap | $330 | ethereum | Rugpull | — | — | |
| 2259 | Jin Finance | $277 | ethereum | Honeypot | — | View → | |
| 2260 | Vertcoin | $29 | vertcoin | Validator Key Compromised | — | — | |
| 2261 | TAC | — | tac | Integer Underflow / Overflow | — | View → | |
| 2262 | Xave Finance | — | ethereum | Other / Malicious Proposal | — | View → | |
| 2263 | Meter | — | bsc, ethereum, meter | Unknown | — | — | |
| 2264 | MultiversX | — | multiversx | Unknown | — | — | |
| 2265 | Dominion | — | solana | Private Key Compromised | Access Control Attacks | — | |
| 2266 | Permapod | — | zigchain | Unknown | — | — | |
| 2267 | Full Sail | — | sui | Oracle Misconfiguration | Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation | — | |
| 2268 | Surf Lending | — | cardano | Private Key Compromised | Access Control Attacks | — | |
| 2269 | Ravencoin | — | ravencoin | Consensus Validation Failure | — | View → | |
| 2270 | Hyperliquid Malaysia | — | solana | Wallet Compromise (entry point unconfirmed) | — | View → | |
| 2271 | Panther Protocol | — | base | Malicious Proposal | — | View → | |
| 2272 | Sonic DEX | — | - | - | — | — | |
| 2273 | StablR | — | ethereum | Access Control / Private Key Compromised | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 2274 | Bisq | — | bitcoin | Other / Missing Input Validation | — | View → | |
| 2275 | Litecoin | — | litecoin | Missing Input Validation | — | — | |
| 2276 | VTSwapHook | — | arbitrum | Swap Logic Flaw | — | — | |
| 2277 | Neutrl | — | ethereum | DNS Hijacking Attack / DNS Hijack | — | View → | |
| 2278 | Panoptic V1.1 | — | base, ethereum, unichain | Hash Collision | — | View → | |
| 2279 | Arcadia V2 | — | base | Unvalidated swap call targets | Reentrancy | View → | |
| 2280 | Zapper | — | arbitrum, base, ethereum, optimism, polygon | DNS Hijack | — | — | |
| 2281 | DogWifTools | — | solana | Compromised Software Release | — | View → | |
| 2282 | Tectonic | — | cronos | Price Oracle Attack / Unknown | Oracle Manipulation & Price Manipulation | View → | |
| 2283 | Ambient | — | ethereum | Domain Hijack / DNS Hijack | Phishing Attacks | View → | |
| 2284 | Rivus DAO | — | ethereum | Third-party Dev Backdoor Exploit / Backdoor Contract | — | View → | |
| 2285 | WIFCOIN | — | ethereum | Unknown | — | — | |
| 2286 | Scroll Token | — | ethereum | Arithmetic Error | — | — | |
| 2287 | BNBX | — | bsc | Arithmetic Error | — | — | |
| 2288 | Rico | — | arbitrum | Arbitrary External Call | Access Control Attacks | — | |
| 2289 | BBT | — | ethereum | Unknown | — | — | |
| 2290 | GHT | — | ethereum | Unknown | — | — | |
| 2291 | Smoofs | — | polygon | Reentrancy | Reentrancy | — | |
| 2292 | RuggedArt | — | ethereum | Reentrancy | Reentrancy | — | |
| 2293 | Massive Phishing | — | - | Phishing | Phishing Attacks | View → | |
| 2294 | DeFi Fake Tokens | — | - | Other | — | — | |
| 2295 | Fortress Trust | — | bitcoin, ethereum | Third-party phishing and account takeover | — | — | |
| 2296 | MetaLabz | — | bsc | Improper Access Control | Access Control Attacks | — | |
| 2297 | AlphaPo | — | ethereum, tron | Hot-wallet compromise; initial access unknown | Access Control Attacks | View → | |
| 2298 | Floating Point Group | — | - | Cyber incident; initial access unknown | — | — | |
| 2299 | ElonDoge | — | binance | Honeypot | — | View → | |
| 2300 | ERC20 Permit | — | - | Phishing | Phishing Attacks | View → |
Data sourced from DefiLlama & SunWeb3Sec/DeFiHackLabs . Thank you for keeping Web3 security data open.
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