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Incident registry results
Incident	Date	Bridge	Type	Reported loss	Recovery	Reimbursement	Outcome	Resolution	Maturity	Freshness
Symbiosis 2026 BridgeV2 syBTC incidentOn September 11, 2026, Blockaid-derived reports identif…	2026-09-11	Symbiosis	Exploit	About $336,000 realized; final loss unresolved	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
ICON–SODAX 2026 withdrawal-message replay exploitOn August 27, 2026, an attacker replayed two previously…	2026-08-27	ICON–SODAX Migration Bridge	Exploit	150.2 ETH + 31,204 USDC confirmed net loss	Partial Recovery	Unknown	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
SKALE IMA Bridge 2026 validator-infrastructure compromiseAt approximately 21:00 UTC on August 27, 2026, infrastr…	2026-08-27	SKALE IMA Bridge	Exploit	Unknown — under assessment	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
The Sandbox 2026 Base/BSC bridge-configuration exploitBeginning around 23:41 UTC on August 21, 2026, an attac…	2026-08-21	The Sandbox SAND Bridge	Exploit	14,742,341.84 SAND (about $697,000)	Unknown	In Progress	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
MAYAChain 2026 chained accounting exploitOn August 18, 2026, an attacker used a single transacti…	2026-08-18	Maya Protocol / MAYAChain	Exploit	Approximately $1.7 million direct extraction	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
XRPL-TX Bridge August 2026 XRP lossIndependent reproducible on-chain analysis supports a g…	2026-08-09	XRPL-TX Bridge	Exploit	199,916.3 XRP were independently reproduced as the gross total of 94 successful outgoing XRP payments over about 87 minutes.	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Oraichain August 2026 unauthorized cross-chain ORAI mintDuring August 8–9, 2026, Oraichain detected abnormal ma…	Approx. 2026-08-08	Oraichain EVM cross-chain transfer path	Exploit	No canonical USD loss is assigned. Oraichain later reported approximately 3.9 million unauthorized ORAI still traced to centralized exchanges; that quantity is an outstanding-assets claim, not a gross-loss valuation.	Unknown	Unknown	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
ChainConnect 2026 Alien Proxy callback exploitOn July 26, 2026, missing sender verification in a Chai…	2026-07-26	ChainConnect	Exploit	SlowMist reports an approximately USD 650,000 incident estimate. Venom separately reports ~USD 615,000 as the returned 82.9%; BIR does not treat either as an exact canonical gross loss because claim scope and valuation timing differ.	Partial Recovery	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Verus-Ethereum Bridge July 2026 import verification exploitOn July 23, 2026, the Verus-Ethereum Bridge was exploit…	2026-07-23	Verus-Ethereum Bridge	Exploit	about $7.54 million	Unknown	Unknown	Paused Long Term	Unresolved	reviewed	current
AFX Bridge 2026 validator infrastructure compromiseOn July 22, 2026, a software-supply-chain and internal-…	2026-07-22	AFX Bridge	Exploit	about $24.15 million	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
WanBridge 2026 Cardano–BNB NIGHT exploitApproximately 515 million NIGHT were reported drained f…	2026-07-20	WanBridge	Exploit	Independent security and technical reporting records approximately 515 million NIGHT drained from the Cardano side of the bridge.	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Allbridge Core 2026 Solana pool exploitOn July 19, 2026, Allbridge Core's Solana stablecoin li…	2026-07-19	Allbridge Core	Exploit	$1.65 million	Unknown	Unknown	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Taiko Bridge June 2026 forged proof/state exploitOn June 21, 2026, an attacker used an exposed SGX prove…	2026-06-21	Taiko Bridge	Exploit	about $1.75 million	Partial Recovery	Completed	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Axelar–Secret IBC Bridge 2026 source-channel validation exploitOn June 10, 2026, the Secret-side ics20-for-axelar cont…	2026-06-10	Axelar–Secret IBC Bridge	Exploit	about USD 4.67 million	None	Announced	Paused Long Term	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Syscoin UTXO–NEVM Bridge 2026 exploitOn June 7, 2026, the Syscoin UTXO-to-NEVM bridge was ex…	2026-06-07	Syscoin UTXO–NEVM Bridge	Exploit	about $10 million	Full Recovery	Not Applicable	Paused Long Term	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Alephium Bridge 2026 forged-message exploitAn attacker deployed a fake-event contract on Alephium…	2026-05-30	Alephium Bridge	Exploit	about $815,000	None	Unknown	Paused Long Term	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Butter Bridge V3.1 2026 unauthorized MAPO mint exploitA flaw in Butter Bridge V3.1’s OmniServiceProxy cross-c…	2026-05-20	Butter Bridge V3.1	Exploit	about $180,000 extracted liquidity	Unknown	Announced	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Verus-Ethereum Bridge May 2026 import verification exploitIn May 2026, the Verus-Ethereum Bridge suffered a separ…	Approx. 2026-05-18	Verus-Ethereum Bridge	Exploit	about $11.4–11.6 million	Partial Recovery	In Progress	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
THORChain 2026 GG20 TSS vault exploitIn May 2026, a newly churned node operator exploited a…	2026-05-15	THORChain	Exploit	$10.7 million official estimate; more than $11 million later analytics estimate	Unknown	Unknown	Paused Long Term	Unresolved	reviewed	current
TAC Inner Bridge 2026 jetton verification exploitOn May 11, 2026, TAC's TON-to-TAC sequencer path accept…	2026-05-11	TAC Inner Bridge	Exploit	about $2.85 million	Partial Recovery	Announced	Paused Long Term	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Cellframe Bridge 2026 hack and illegal token issuanceIn a May 14, 2026 AMA, Cellframe said the team had anno…	2026-05	Cellframe Bridge	Exploit	Approximately $2,000 was cited for illegal token issuance; total incident damage was explicitly not yet calculated.	Partial	Unknown	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Commons Bridge 2026 proxy compromiseThe Commons Bridge proxy on Base was compromised and ap…	2026-04-29	Commons Bridge	Exploit	Approximately USD 330,000–400,000 realized proceeds	None	Completed	Dead After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
KelpDAO 2026 rsETH bridge RPC/DVN compromiseOn April 18, 2026, attackers compromised LayerZero Labs…	2026-04-18	KelpDAO rsETH Bridge	Exploit	116,500 rsETH (approximately $292 million)	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Hyperbridge Token Gateway 2026 MMR verifier exploitAn attacker submitted a forged Merkle Mountain Range pr…	2026-04-13	Hyperbridge	Exploit	over $2 million	Partial Recovery	Unknown	Migrated After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Dusk to EVM Bridge 2026 signing-wallet compromiseAn unauthorized actor gained access to a Dusk signing w…	2026-01-16	Dusk to EVM Bridge	Exploit	The reviewed first-party post-mortem enumerates stolen DUSK amounts but does not establish a canonical USD loss total.	Unknown	Unknown	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Garden Finance 2025 solver infrastructure compromiseAn attacker gained unauthorized access to an independen…	2025-10-30	Garden Finance	Hack	about $11.4 million	None	Not Applicable	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Ronin Bridge 2024 operator-weight initialization incidentOn August 6, 2024, a Ronin Bridge upgrade left bridge-o…	2024-08-06	Ronin Bridge	Security Misconfiguration	4,000 ETH + 2M USDC temporarily withdrawn; returned	Whitehat Recovery	Not Required	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
LI.FI 2024 facet approval exploitA newly deployed smart-contract facet omitted validatio…	2024-07-16	LI.FI	Exploit	Approximately $11.6 million	Unknown	Announced	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Holograph 2024 unauthorized HLG mintA malicious actor exploited the Holograph Operator cont…	2024-06-13	Holograph Protocol	Unauthorized Token Mint	1 billion HLG unauthorized mint; realized loss not fixed	Partial Freeze And Burn Plan	Not Announced	Historical Protocol Inactive	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Magpie Protocol 2024 MagpieRouterV2 exploitA selector-position validation flaw in MagpieRouterV2 a…	2024-04-23	Magpie Protocol	Exploit	USD 129,000 from 221 wallets	None	Completed	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	full	current
Unizen 2024 external-call approval exploitAn unsafe external-call path in an Ethereum Unizen trad…	2024-03-08	Unizen	Exploit	Approximately USD 2.1–2.18 million	Partial Recovery	In Progress	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
SOCKET 2024 Gateway approval exploitAn attacker used an incomplete input-validation path in…	2024-01-16	SOCKET Protocol	Exploit	Approximately $3.3 million	Partial Recovery	Announced	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Orbit Bridge 2024 Ethereum vault exploitOn January 1, 2024, an unidentified attacker removed ap…	2024-01-01	Orbit Bridge	Exploit	$81.5 million	Unknown	In Progress	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
HECO Bridge 2023 operator-key compromiseOn November 22, 2023, HECO Bridge was drained after the…	2023-11-22	HECO Bridge	Exploit	Approximately $86.6 million	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Multichain 2023 abnormal MPC asset outflowsIn July 2023, more than $125 million in assets moved ou…	2023-07-06	Multichain	Abnormal Transfers	More than $125 million in abnormal outflows	Unknown	Unknown	Dead After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Poly Network 2023 validator-key exploitIn July 2023, Poly Network suffered a second major cros…	2023-07-02	Poly Network	Exploit	Notional unauthorized minting was extremely large, but realized loss/profit estimates vary materially by source and liquidity; no single canonical USD loss is asserted.	Unknown	Unknown	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Allbridge Core 2023 BNB Chain pool exploitAttackers used flash-loan-funded deposits, withdrawals,…	2023-04-02	Allbridge Core	Exploit	Approximately $650,000 official postmortem; about $573,000 initial estimate	Partial Recovery	Completed	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
Rubic 2022 RubicProxy approval exploitA RubicProxy routing flaw allowed arbitrary calls throu…	2022-12-25	Rubic	Exploit	Approximately USD 1.4–1.5 million	None	Unknown	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
pNetwork 2022 pGALA contract-control incidentA deployment misconfiguration allowed covert takeover o…	2022-11-03	pNetwork	Security Misconfiguration	No bridge collateral loss reported	Whitehat Recovery	Announced	Affected Token Deprecated	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Rubic 2022 RBC/BRBC bridge wallet compromiseA private key for an administrative wallet used by Rubi…	2022-11-02	Rubic	Abnormal Transfers	35 million RBC/BRBC sold; approximately 138 ETH proceeds reported	Unknown	Not Applicable	Deprecated After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
QANplatform QANX Bridge 2022 wallet hackQANplatform states that its bridge wallet was hacked be…	2022-10-11	QANplatform QANX Bridge	Exploit	No reviewed canonical source supports one reconciled stolen USD amount.	None Confirmed	Announced	Affected Token Deprecated	Unresolved	reviewed	current
BSC Token Hub 2022 forged-proof exploitIn October 2022, an attacker exploited BSC Token Hub by…	2022-10-06	BSC Token Hub	Exploit	Nearly $570 million minted; about $100 million unrecovered	Partial Recovery	Not Applicable	Deprecated After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Transit Swap 2022 routing and approval exploitAn input-validation flaw in Transit Swap routing and pe…	2022-10-01	Transit Swap	Exploit	USD 21 million initial technical estimate; USD 28.9 million later scope	Partial Recovery	Not Announced	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
BXH Cross-chain Bridge 2022 security incidentBXH states that its DeFi platform was hacked on Septemb…	2022-09-21	BXH Cross-chain Bridge	Exploit	No reviewed first-party source supports one bridge-only USD loss total.	None Confirmed	Announced	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Rainbow Bridge August 2022 fabricated-block attack attemptAn attacker submitted a fabricated NEAR block to the Ra…	2022-08-20	Rainbow Bridge	Attempted Exploit	No user-fund loss reported	Not Required	Not Applicable	Attack Thwarted	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
Celer cBridge 2022 DNS hijackingA DNS cache-poisoning attack redirected some cBridge fr…	2022-08-17	Celer cBridge	Frontend Compromise	Approximately $240,000 reported	None	Announced	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Nomad Bridge 2022 message verification exploitIn August 2022, Nomad Bridge was exploited after a mess…	2022-08-01	Nomad Bridge	Exploit	$190 million	Partial Recovery	In Progress	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Harmony Horizon Bridge 2022 exploitIn June 2022, Harmony's Horizon Bridge was exploited fo…	2022-06-24	Harmony Horizon Bridge	Exploit	$100 million	Partial Recovery	In Progress	Dead After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Rainbow Bridge May 2022 fabricated-block attack attemptAn attacker attempted to submit a fabricated NEAR block…	2022-05-01	Rainbow Bridge	Attempted Exploit	No user-fund loss reported	Not Required	Not Applicable	Attack Thwarted	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
Ronin Bridge validator-key compromiseIn March 2022, Ronin Bridge was exploited after validat…	2022-03-29	Ronin Bridge	Exploit	$620 million	Partial Recovery	Completed	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
LI.FI 2022 approval-drain exploitAn unchecked external-call path in LI.FI's pre-bridge s…	2022-03-20	LI.FI	Exploit	Approximately $600,000	None	Completed	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
Meter Passport 2022 false-deposit exploitAn attacker directly called a modified ERC-20 deposit h…	2022-02-05	Meter Passport	Exploit	$4.25 million official estimate; about $4.4 million secondary estimate	Unknown	In Progress	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Wormhole 2022 wrapped ETH mint exploitIn February 2022, Wormhole was exploited through a vuln…	2022-02-02	Wormhole	Exploit	$320 million	Not Applicable	Completed	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
QBridge 2022 zero-value deposit exploitIn January 2022, a logic flaw in QBridge allowed an att…	2022-01-27	QBridge	Exploit	$80 million stolen; $90.8 million later damage estimate	Unknown	In Progress	Dead After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Multichain 2022 router approval vulnerabilityIn January 2022, attackers exploited vulnerable Multich…	2022-01-18	Multichain	Exploit	Stolen, rescued, at-risk and later reimbursed amounts are distinct; this bounded record does not collapse them into a single USD loss.	Partial Recovery	Announced	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Nerve Bridge 2021 metapool exploitAn attacker exploited an inconsistent exchange-amount c…	2021-11-15	NerveNetwork	Metapool Exploit	Approximately 900 BNB attacker profit	Unknown	Unknown	Protocol Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Synapse 2021 nUSD metapool exploitAn attacker manipulated the Avalanche nUSD metapool vir…	2021-11-06	Synapse Protocol	Exploit	No ultimate fund loss reported; approximately $8.2 million nUSD protected	Funds Protected	In Progress	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
pNetwork 2021 pBTC-on-BSC exploitA bug in pNetwork's Rust event-log extraction caused ma…	2021-09-19	pNetwork	Exploit	277 BTC	None Confirmed	Announced	Bridge Family Later Deprecated	Unresolved	reviewed	current
Poly Network 2021 cross-chain exploitIn August 2021, Poly Network was exploited for more tha…	2021-08-10	Poly Network	Exploit	$610 million	Full Recovery	Not Applicable	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
THORChain 2021 ETH Router exploit 2A second July 2021 attack used a fake router and malici…	2021-07-22	THORChain	Exploit	Approximately $8 million	Unknown	Completed	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
THORChain 2021 ETH Router exploit 1In July 2021, an attacker used a contract positioned in…	2021-07-15	THORChain	Exploit	$8 million official estimate; $5 million secondary estimate	Unknown	Completed	Active After Incident	Final outcome known	reviewed	current
Anyswap / Multichain Router V3 2021 MPC key exploitAnyswap disclosed exploitation of prototype V3 cross-ch…	2021-07-10	Multichain	Exploit	2,398,496.02 USDC and 5,509,222.73 MIM reported stolen; no USD aggregate is asserted here.	None Confirmed	Announced	Limited After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
ChainSwap July 10–11, 2021 quota exploitA logic flaw in ChainSwap's cross-chain quota code allo…	2021-07-10	ChainSwap	Exploit	Approximately $4 million	None	In Progress	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current
ChainSwap July 2, 2021 exploitAn attacker exploited the ChainSwap bridge and withdrew…	2021-07-02	ChainSwap	Exploit	Approximately $800,000	Partial Recovery	In Progress	Active After Incident	Unresolved	reviewed	current