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Weekly · Issue 6 · 2026-08-31 – 2026-09-06

Crypto security incidents · weekly · 2026-W36

From 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06, 9 crypto security incidents were publicly reported, with about $326.1M lost; the previous week had 16 and $189.7M, a change of +72% in losses. The largest was Liquid Network (2026-09-06, about $320.0M). By technique, "Bridge & Cross-Chain" accounted for the most losses: 1 incidents, $320.0M. There were no phishing, frontend-hijack or rugpull incidents; the rest happened inside wallets and contracts and call for key management and code audits.

Incidents

9

previous 16

Reported loss

$326.1M

previous $189.7M

Pre-payment check partly applies

0

$0

Largest incidents

DateIncidentTechniqueLoss
2026-09-06Liquid NetworkBridge & Cross-Chain$320.0M
2026-08-31AquiferAccess Control$2.5M
2026-09-04Notional V2Token & Share Accounting$1.7M
2026-08-31RadixAccess Control$1.2M
2026-08-31AnkrToken & Share Accounting$410K

By technique

Bridge & Cross-Chain1$320.0M
Access Control2$3.7M
Token & Share Accounting3$2.2M
Oracle Manipulation2$132K
Protocol Logic1$72K

By chain

Liquid1$320.0M
Solana1$2.5M
Ethereum4$1.9M
Radix1$1.2M
Flow1$410K
BSC1$72K

Data: the public DefiLlama incident dataset. This report restates public reports and is not OceanAlt's judgment of any party. To report an error, email business@oceanalt.com.