Topic 9 stories, 9 hacks, 1 agency action, 2022–2026
Bridge hacks
Cross-chain bridges, the systems behind several of crypto’s largest thefts.
2026
- An Israeli national was extradited and charged with exploiting the Nomad Bridge smart contract to steal about $2.89 million in crypto.DOJ
- What happened after the North Korea DeFi warning: Bybit, Tornado Cash, 71 addressesLook-back
- AFX Bridge: $24.1m lostHack
- Q2 2026 in crypto hacks: Drift and Kelp lost $588 million within 17 daysLook-back
- Syscoin Bridge: $10.0m lostHack
- Verus-Ethereum Bridge: $11.5m lostHack
2024
2023
2022
- Q4 2022 in crypto hacks: BNB Chain’s bridge and FTX lost $1.02 billionLook-back
- Binance Bridge: $570.0m lostHack
- Q3 2022 in crypto hacks: Nomad and Wintermute made up 85.6% of $408.7 millionLook-back
- Q2 2022 in crypto hacks: a $181 million governance takeover at BeanstalkLook-back
- Harmony Bridge: $100.0m lostHack
- Q1 2022 in crypto hacks: bridges lost $950 million, led by Ronin’s $624 millionLook-back
- Ronin Bridge: $624.0m lostHack
Hacks come from the failures ledger and agency actions from the enforcement ledger, which starts in 2024. An action is listed when its announcement mentions Bridge hacks. Being mentioned doesn't mean a company did anything wrong. Look-backs were written later and sit under the period they cover.