Did I miss any big ones?
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Biggest Crypto Hacks. Only one got its money back.
Biggest Crypto Hacks. Only one got its money back.
Event
Date
Amount stolen (at the time)
Recovered?
1. Mt. Gox
Feb 2014
$450M
Partial
2. Coincheck
Jan 2018
$534M
No
3. LuBian
Dec 2020
$3.5B
No
4. Poly Network
Aug 2021
$611M
Yes (nearly)
5. Ronin
Mar 2022
$625M
Partial (~10%)
6. BNB Token Hub
Oct 2022
$570M
Partial
7. Bybit
Feb 2025
$1.46B
No
8. Binance
Oct 2026
$6.4B
Ongoing
The only full recovery was Poly Network, and that was because the attacker chose to return the funds.
Several of the biggest hacks are linked to North Korean groups.
Most of these were key or signing compromises,.