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Crypto hacks on Optimism

Data as of 3 October 2026

30 recorded incidents on Optimism took $405.0M in total between 2022 and 2026. The largest was Balancer V2, $128.0M in 2025. That is 2.3% of all incidents in DefiLlama's record and 1.9% of the value lost. A multi-chain incident counts its full amount on each chain it touched, so chain totals overlap and together exceed the overall total. Amounts are the losses DefiLlama records, and its record does not say whether they are before or after any recovery. Data as of 3 October 2026.

By year, on Optimism

  • 2022 $17.9M lost
    5 incidents
  • 2023 $74.7M lost
    8 incidents
  • 2024 $48.3M lost
    7 incidents
  • 2025 $263.4M lost
    8 incidents
  • 2026 $680K lost
    2 incidents
Incidents per year on Optimism, with value lost in millions of US dollars. Source: DefiLlama, retrieved 3 October 2026.

Incidents on Optimism

Incidents on Optimism. Newest first. Source: DefiLlama.
DateIncidentClass TechniqueChainsAmount
2026-09-07 Cozy V2 Protocol Logic Unknown Optimism $163K
2026-04-07 SquidMulticall Access Control Improper Access Control Arbitrum, BSC, Avalanche, Optimism, Base $517K
2025-11-21 Aerodrome V1 Frontend & Infrastructure DNS Hijack Ethereum, Optimism $700K
2025-11-04 Moonwell Lending Oracle Manipulation Spot Price Manipulation Base, Optimism $1.0M
2025-11-03 Balancer V2 Token & Share Accounting Rounding Error Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Polygon, Sonic, Optimism $128.0M
2025-08-30 Cozy V2 Input Validation Missing Input Validation Optimism $427K
2025-08-14 BtcTurk Key Compromise Hot Wallet Key Compromised Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Mantle, Polygon $48.0M
2025-04-01 Zapper Frontend & Infrastructure DNS Hijack Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Base $0
2025-01-23 Phemex Key Compromise Hot Wallet Key Compromised Ethereum, Solana, XRPL, Bitcoin, BSC, Sui, Base, Tron, Arbitrum, Avalanche, Polygon, Optimism, zkSync Era $85.0M
2025-01-02 MoonHacker Access Control Token Approval Abuse Optimism $300K
2024-12-01 Clipper Protocol Logic Deposit Logic Flaw Optimism, Base $450K
2024-09-10 Indodax Frontend & Infrastructure Key Leaked via Infrastructure Ethereum, Polygon, Optimism $25.2M
2024-05-15 Sonne Finance Token & Share Accounting Donation Attack Optimism $20.0M
2024-04-30 Pike V1 Access Control Proxy Upgrade Hijack Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum $1.6M
2024-04-23 Magpie Protocol Input Validation Missing Input Validation Ethereum, Polygon, BSC, Blast, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, zkSync Era, Polygon zkEVM $129K
2024-03-15 MOBOX Protocol Logic Borrow Logic Flaw Optimism $750K
2024-01-25 Nebula Revelation Reentrancy Reentrancy Optimism $180K
2023-11-29 Velodrome Frontend & Infrastructure DNS Hijack Optimism $250K
2023-11-22 KyberSwap Elastic Token & Share Accounting Rounding Error Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum $48.0M
2023-08-18 Exactly Access Control Improper Access Control Optimism $7.6M
2023-07-10 Arcadia V1 Access Control Improper Access Control Ethereum, Optimism $455K
2023-04-15 Hundred Finance Token & Share Accounting Donation Attack Optimism $7.4M
2023-04-10 SushiSwap Input Validation Missing Input Validation Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, BSC $3.3M
2023-03-27 Kokomo Finance Rugpull Admin Drain Optimism $4.0M
2023-02-10 dForce Lending Reentrancy Read-Only Reentrancy Arbitrum, Optimism $3.6M
2022-11-18 Polynomial Input Validation Missing Input Validation Optimism $7K
2022-10-23 Layer2DAO Social Engineering Phishing Optimism $190K
2022-07-01 Quixotic Input Validation Signature Verification Flaw Optimism $100K
2022-06-07 Equalizer Exchange Protocol Logic Withdrawal Logic Flaw Ethereum, BSC, Polygon, Optimism $50K
2022-06-05 Wintermute Access Control Improper Access Control Optimism $17.6M

Source: DefiLlama, retrieved 3 October 2026, under its open methodology. Figures are a dated snapshot, not a live feed.