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Social Engineering hacks
62 incidents classified as Social Engineering, with $3.12bn in known losses.
$3.12bn lost across 62 incidents, 4.6% of the ledger
Largest: Bybit ($1.40bn), FTX ($450.0m), DMM Bitcoin ($305.0m).
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| Date | Target | Lost | Type | Method | Returned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Sept 2026 | Fake GIWA Bridge | $2.1m | DeFi Protocol | Impersonation Scam | — |
| 20 Sept 2026 | BV-7X | — | Wallet | Phishing | — |
| 25 Jul 2026 | Bankr | $479,885 | Wallet | Social Account Takeover | — |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Zerion Wallet | $100,000 | Wallet | Phishing | — |
| 17 Jan 2026 | Meteora DAMM V2 | $1.5m | DeFi Protocol | Impersonation Scam | — |
| 26 Nov 2025 | Upbit | $36.0m | CEX | Malware | — |
| 20 Nov 2025 | GANA Payment | $3.1m | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 11 Nov 2025 | Polymarket | $500,000 | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 01 Sept 2025 | OlaXBT | $2.0m | DeFi Protocol | Signer Phishing | — |
| 24 Jul 2025 | WOO X | $14.0m | CEX | Phishing | — |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Nobitex | $82.0m | CEX | Malware | — |
| 21 Feb 2025 | Bybit | $1.40bn | CEX | Signer Phishing | $1.40bn |
| 04 Feb 2025 | Ionic Protocol | $8.6m | DeFi Protocol | Impersonation Scam | — |
| 18 Oct 2024 | Tapioca DAO | $4.7m | DeFi Protocol | Impersonation Scam | — |
| 16 Oct 2024 | Radiant V2 | $50.0m | DeFi Protocol | Blind Signing | — |
| 05 Oct 2024 | EigenLayer | $5.7m | DeFi Protocol | Impersonation Scam | — |
| 26 Sept 2024 | uniBTC | $2.0m | DeFi Protocol | Malware | — |
| 25 Sept 2024 | Truflation | $5.2m | Other | Malware | — |
| 07 Aug 2024 | Nexera | $449,000 | DeFi Protocol | Malware | — |
| 31 Jul 2024 | Monoswap | $1.3m | DeFi Protocol | Malware | — |
| 18 Jul 2024 | WazirX: India | $234.9m | CEX | Signer Phishing | — |
| 12 Jul 2024 | CoinStats | $2.2m | Other | Phishing | — |
| 02 Jul 2024 | Bittensor | $8.0m | DeFi Protocol | Malware | — |
| 31 May 2024 | DMM Bitcoin | $305.0m | CEX | Phishing | $305.0m |
| 16 May 2024 | ALEX | $4.3m | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 05 May 2024 | GeniusAI | $1.3m | DeFi Protocol | Social Account Takeover | — |
| 15 Apr 2024 | Grand Base | $1.7m | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 29 Mar 2024 | Solareum | $1.4m | DeFi Protocol | Social Account Takeover | — |
| 21 Mar 2024 | AirDAO | $1.1m | DeFi Protocol | Malware | — |
| 28 Feb 2024 | Serenity Shield | $586,000 | Token | Phishing | — |
| 13 Feb 2024 | DuelBits | $4.6m | CEX | Malware | — |
| 22 Jan 2024 | Concentric | $1.7m | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 07 Dec 2023 | Xai | $845,800 | Token | Impersonation Scam | — |
| 04 Dec 2023 | Stargate Finance | $43,000 | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 30 Nov 2023 | Florence Finance | $1.4m | DeFi Protocol | Address Poisoning | — |
| 10 Nov 2023 | Poloniex | $126.0m | CEX | Malware | — |
| 22 Jul 2023 | CoinsPaid | $37.3m | Other | Impersonation Scam | — |
| 24 Apr 2023 | KuCoin | $22,628 | CEX | Social Account Takeover | — |
| 30 Mar 2023 | Rocket Pool | $3.8m | Token | Phishing | — |
| 08 Mar 2023 | PeopleDAO | $120,000 | DAO | Signer Phishing | — |
| 26 Jan 2023 | Robinhood | $8,200 | CEX | Social Account Takeover | — |
| 16 Dec 2022 | Raydium AMM | $4.4m | DeFi Protocol | Malware | — |
| 12 Nov 2022 | FTX | $450.0m | CEX | Phishing | — |
| 23 Oct 2022 | Layer2DAO | $190,000 | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 20 Sept 2022 | Wintermute | $160.0m | Other | Phishing | — |
| 11 Jul 2022 | Uniswap (Phishing Attack) | $8.0m | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 04 Jun 2022 | BAYC/Otherside | $257,000 | NFTfi | Phishing | — |
| 20 May 2022 | Llamascape | $70,000 | NFTfi | Signer Phishing | — |
| 18 May 2022 | Seth Green NFTs | $300,000 | NFTfi | Phishing | — |
| 11 May 2022 | X2Y2 | $200,000 | NFTfi | Phishing | — |
| 21 Apr 2022 | Terra (LUNA) | $4.3m | Chain | Phishing | — |
| 28 Mar 2022 | Cryptovoxels | $171,000 | Gaming | Phishing | — |
| 20 Feb 2022 | OpenSea | $2.0m | NFTfi | Phishing | — |
| 15 Jan 2022 | CityDAO | $95,000 | DAO | Phishing | — |
| 23 Dec 2021 | Monkey Kingdom | $1.3m | NFTfi | Phishing | — |
| 08 Dec 2021 | 8ightDAO | $1.8m | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 19 Nov 2021 | Phantom Galaxies | $1.1m | NFTfi | Malware | — |
| 05 Nov 2021 | Ooki | $55.0m | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 15 Jul 2021 | Bondly | $5.9m | DeFi Protocol | Phishing | — |
| 19 Apr 2021 | EasyFi | $59.0m | DeFi Protocol | Malware | — |
| 06 Nov 2020 | Ledger | $271,000 | Wallet | Phishing | — |
| 05 Jan 2015 | Bitstamp | $5.2m | CEX | Phishing | — |
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, “Social Engineering hacks”, data to 2 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/failures/method/social-engineering/. How this is built