01Robberies
146
known attacks in 2026 by November 5 — all of 2025 had 170
Kidnappings, home invasions and torture to force a transfer. Every year there are more of them, and the losses keep climbing — the first half of 2026 alone passed all of 2025.
Confirmed physical attacks on crypto holders and the money involved, per year
| Year | Losses | |
| 2024 | $28.3M | |
|---|
| 2025 | $40.9M | |
|---|
| 2026* | $124.1M | |
* 2026 is the first half, CertiK’s latest published total: what was put at risk, not all of it taken. Only confirmed cases count; many victims never report.
Every recorded attack, by year and country →
02Leaks
680
Revolut customers picked by their on-chain balance, September 2026
Their files were obtained through a request from a real government email domain: passports, home addresses and full bitcoin histories. Then came a demand for about $3 million.
Coinbase, May 2025. Bribed support agents leaked names, addresses, IDs and balances of about 69,000 customers.
A name, an address and a balance are all a robber needs. A delay on the vault makes the visit pointless.
03Exchanges
$6.3B
left Binance’s hot wallets in about 20 minutes, October 29, 2026
The largest crypto theft ever; the FBI attributes it to North Korea. Coins on an exchange belong to the exchange — you hold a promise, and after a hack or a bankruptcy you wait in line with everyone else.
Bybit, February 2025: about $1.5 billion in one attack. FTX, 2022: withdrawals stopped, then bankruptcy.