Biggest DeFi Hacks, Ranked by Loss

Ronin's $624M bridge heist tops the leaderboard, where three cross-chain bridges each lost over $500M.

The top 3

  1. The $500M Club: Top 3 Heists: Ronin ($624M), Poly Network ($611M), and BNB Bridge ($586M) — all cross-chain bridges, all in 2021-2022.
  2. How They Broke In: Attack Types: Stolen keys, flash-loan governance takeovers, and oracle manipulation each drained nine figures.
  3. Returned vs Gone Forever: Some hackers handed it all back; Lazarus laundered Ronin's $624M through mixers.

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