Hacks
Crypto hacks classed as Governance
Data as of 3 October 2026
20 recorded incidents classed as Governance took $245.2M in total between 2021 and 2026. The largest was Beanstalk, $181.0M in 2022. That is 1.5% of all incidents in DefiLlama's record and 1.2% of the value lost. 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, classed as Governance
- 2021 $7.1M lost1 incidents
- 2022 $191.3M lost6 incidents
- 2023 $3.7M lost3 incidents
- 2024 $41K lost1 incidents
- 2025 $270K lost1 incidents
- 2026 $42.9M lost8 incidents
Incidents classed as Governance
| Date | Incident | Class | Technique | Chains | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Astroport | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Neutron | $4.9M |
| 2026-09-22 | Drop | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Neutron | $4.4M |
| 2026-08-23 | TermFinance Vaults | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Ethereum | $8.5M |
| 2026-08-06 | Panther Protocol | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Base | $8K |
| 2026-07-14 | BarnBridge | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Ethereum | $776K |
| 2026-07-06 | BonkDAO | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Solana | $20.0M |
| 2026-06-16 | RetoSwap | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Monero | $2.7M |
| 2026-06-09 | Token of Power | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Ethereum | $1.6M |
| 2025-12-16 | FutureSwap | Governance | Flashloan Governance Attack | Ethereum | $270K |
| 2024-02-24 | ZoomerCoin | Governance | Flashloan Governance Attack | Ethereum | $41K |
| 2023-10-19 | Synthetify | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Solana | $230K |
| 2023-05-20 | Tornado Cash | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Ethereum | $2.2M |
| 2023-03-25 | Swerve | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Ethereum | $1.3M |
| 2022-10-09 | Xave Finance | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Ethereum | $0 |
| 2022-07-25 | Audius | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Ethereum | $6.0M |
| 2022-05-08 | Fortress Loans | Governance | Malicious Proposal | BSC | $3.0M |
| 2022-04-17 | Beanstalk | Governance | Flashloan Governance Attack | Ethereum | $181.0M |
| 2022-03-17 | ApeCoin | Governance | Flashloan Governance Attack | Ethereum | $820K |
| 2022-02-15 | Build Finance | Governance | Malicious Proposal | Ethereum | $470K |
| 2021-03-15 | TSD (True Seigniorage Dollar) | Governance | Malicious Proposal | BSC | $7.1M |
Source: DefiLlama, retrieved 3 October 2026, under its open methodology. Figures are a dated snapshot, not a live feed.