Security Incidents
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$3.8B+
Lost in 2022
$1.7B+
Lost in 2023
300+
Major Incidents
~30%
Funds Recovered
2024-03-13
$11.6M
Prisma Finance
Flash Loan AttackEthereumAttacker exploited a vulnerability in the liquidation mechanism using a flash loan to manipulate collateral prices.
Funds Partially Recovered
2024-02-29
$6.4M
Seneca Protocol
Arbitrary Call BugEthereumVulnerability in the perform() function allowed attacker to make arbitrary external calls, draining user funds.
Funds Recovered
2024-01-30
$6.5M
Abracadabra
Oracle ManipulationEthereumPrice oracle was manipulated to undercollateralize positions, leading to bad debt in the system.
Funds Lost
2023-11-22
$48M
KyberSwap
Price ManipulationMultipleComplex attack involving precision loss in tick math calculations, exploited across multiple chains.
Funds Partially Recovered
2023-10-11
$3M
Stars Arena
ReentrancyAvalancheClassic reentrancy vulnerability in the sell function allowed attacker to drain contract funds.
Funds Recovered
2023-09-12
$2.1M
Balancer
Rate Provider BugEthereumVulnerability in boosted pool rate providers led to incorrect price calculations.
Funds Lost
2023-07-30
$70M
Curve Finance
Compiler BugEthereumReentrancy guard bypassed due to Vyper compiler vulnerability affecting pools with native ETH.
Funds Partially Recovered
2023-03-13
$197M
Euler Finance
Donation AttackEthereumAttacker manipulated health factor calculations through donation mechanism.
Funds Recovered
2022-10-11
$114M
Mango Markets
Oracle ManipulationSolanaMNGO token price manipulated to take massive leveraged positions and drain treasury.
Attacker Charged
2022-04-17
$182M
Beanstalk
Flash Loan GovernanceEthereumFlash loan used to gain governance tokens and pass malicious proposal in single transaction.
Funds Lost