Ledger All ledgers
Crypto failures before 2018
The 31 crypto hacks and thefts recorded from 2011 to 2017.
| Date | Target | Lost | Type | Method | Returned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Apr 2017 | Yapizon | $4.8m | CEX | Hot Wallet Key Compromised | — |
| 01 Jul 2017 | Parity | $30.0m | Wallet | Uninitialized Proxy | — |
| 18 Jul 2017 | CoinDash | $7.7m | ICO | Frontend Compromise | — |
| 09 Nov 2017 | Parity Multisig | $150.0m | DeFi Protocol | Uninitialized Proxy | — |
| 19 Nov 2017 | Tether | $31.0m | Token | Private Key Compromised | — |
| 08 Dec 2017 | NiceHash | $64.0m | CEX | Key Leaked via Infrastructure | — |
| 19 Dec 2017 | Youbit | — | CEX | Hot Wallet Key Compromised | — |
| 20 Dec 2017 | EtherDelta | $1.4m | CEX | DNS Hijack | — |
| 07 Apr 2016 | ShapeShift | $230,000 | CEX | Private Key Compromised | — |
| 14 May 2016 | Gatecoin | $2.0m | CEX | Improper Access Control | — |
| 17 Jun 2016 | The DAO | $60.0m | DeFi Protocol | Reentrancy | — |
| 02 Aug 2016 | Bitfinex | $72.0m | CEX | Hot Wallet Key Compromised | — |
| 13 Oct 2016 | Bitcurex | $1.5m | CEX | Hot Wallet Key Compromised | — |
| 05 Jan 2015 | Bitstamp | $5.2m | CEX | Phishing | — |
| 27 Jan 2015 | 796 | $270,000 | CEX | Improper Access Control | — |
| 17 Feb 2015 | BTER | $1.8m | CEX | Private Key Compromised | — |
| 18 Feb 2015 | KipCoin | $728,000 | CEX | Private Key Compromised | — |
| 22 May 2015 | Bitfinex | $329,000 | CEX | Hot Wallet Key Compromised | — |
| 15 Aug 2015 | BTER | $1.6m | CEX | Private Key Compromised | — |
| 07 Feb 2014 | Mt. Gox | $470.0m | CEX | Private Key Compromised | — |
| 17 Feb 2014 | Picostocks | $4.4m | CEX | Private Key Compromised | — |
| 02 Mar 2014 | Flexcoin | $600,000 | CEX | Withdrawal Logic Flaw | — |
| 04 Mar 2014 | Poloniex | $50,000 | CEX | Withdrawal Logic Flaw | — |
| 13 Jul 2014 | Mintpal | $2.0m | CEX | Improper Access Control | — |
| 29 Jul 2014 | Cryptsy | $9.6m | CEX | Private Key Compromised | — |
| 23 Oct 2013 | Inputs.io | $1.2m | CEX | Key Leaked via Infrastructure | — |
| 11 Nov 2013 | Bitcash | $100,000 | CEX | Improper Access Control | — |
| 01 Mar 2012 | Bitcoinica | $228,000 | CEX | Key Leaked via Infrastructure | — |
| 11 May 2012 | Bitcoinica | $90,000 | CEX | Key Leaked via Infrastructure | — |
| 05 Sept 2012 | Bitfloor | $250,000 | CEX | Key Stored Publicly | — |
| 19 Jun 2011 | Mt. Gox | $8.8m | CEX | Improper Access Control | — |
Amounts are DefiLlama’s estimates and can change as incidents are revalued. Its returned figure can include money a company repaid itself, not only funds recovered from attackers. Source: DefiLlama.
Cite this Bitminer.io, “Crypto failures before 2018”, data to 2 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/failures/earlier/. How this is built