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Crypto hacks using Token Approval Abuse

Data as of 3 October 2026

23 recorded incidents using Token Approval Abuse took $28.9M in total between 2022 and 2026. The largest was LiFi Finance, $9.7M in 2024. That is 1.8% of all incidents in DefiLlama's record and 0.1% 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, using Token Approval Abuse

  • 2022 $600K lost
    1 incidents
  • 2023 $3.0M lost
    6 incidents
  • 2024 $16.4M lost
    4 incidents
  • 2025 $1.3M lost
    5 incidents
  • 2026 $7.5M lost
    7 incidents
Incidents per year using Token Approval Abuse, with value lost in millions of US dollars. Source: DefiLlama, retrieved 3 October 2026.

Incidents using Token Approval Abuse

Incidents using Token Approval Abuse. Newest first. Source: DefiLlama.
DateIncidentClass TechniqueChainsAmount
2026-09-24 Limit Break Payment Processor Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum, ApeChain, Polygon, Base $1.8M
2026-06-09 Asterix Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $40K
2026-05-25 Bitmor Access Control Token Approval Abuse Base $6K
2026-05-05 Ekubo Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $1.4M
2026-04-27 ZetaChain Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Avalanche, BSC $334K
2026-03-09 Gondi V3 Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $230K
2026-01-25 Aperture LM Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum, Base, BSC $3.7M
2025-12-12 ZEROBASE Access Control Token Approval Abuse BSC $250K
2025-12-02 Goldfinch Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $330K
2025-11-20 Dexmax AI Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $130K
2025-08-13 Coinbase Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $300K
2025-01-02 MoonHacker Access Control Token Approval Abuse Optimism $300K
2024-12-01 Spectral Labs Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $250K
2024-11-20 MainnetSettler Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $66K
2024-07-16 LiFi Finance Access Control Token Approval Abuse zkSync Era, Linea, Metis $9.7M
2024-02-28 Seneca Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum, Arbitrum $6.4M
2023-10-31 Unibot Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $640K
2023-07-09 CivFund Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $180K
2023-06-19 Ara Finance Access Control Token Approval Abuse BSC $125K
2023-06-15 Hashflow Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum, Arbitrum, Avalanche, BSC, Polygon $605K
2023-06-02 Hector Lending Access Control Token Approval Abuse Fantom $653K
2023-04-12 MetaPoint Access Control Token Approval Abuse BSC $820K
2022-03-21 LI.FI Access Control Token Approval Abuse Ethereum $600K

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