Defi Hacks
by Saylor Innovations Data Desk in Onchain & crypto
Crypto hacks and exploits - DefiLlama database of 1,300 incidents with amount lost, chain, technique, classification and totals by year, filterable by chain
https://saylorinnovations.com/api/defi/hacks- Price
- $0.01
- per call in USDC
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 263 ms
- 329 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 42 min ago, next any minute now
Reliability
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How to call it
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/defi/hacks
Each call costs $0.01 in USDC on Base, paid with the request over x402.
Run a free test callOne unpaid request, the way an agent sends it. You see the payment challenge it gets back. Nothing is charged.
Example request
From the listing.
GET https://saylorinnovations.com/api/defi/hacks?chain=ethereum&limit=5&year=2024Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
chain | string | No | optional chain, e.g. ethereum, solana, bsc, arbitrum |
limit | string | No | optional 1-50, default 10 |
year | string | No | optional four-digit year |
Example response
The provider's example. We can't check it without paying.
Example response, 107 lines
{
"bridge_hacks": 4,
"by_classification": [
{
"count": 14,
"lost_usd": 427884500,
"name": "Key Compromise"
},
{
"count": 8,
"lost_usd": 250555000,
"name": "Social Engineering"
},
{
"count": 9,
"lost_usd": 60663000,
"name": "Input Validation"
},
{
"count": 7,
"lost_usd": 58831000,
"name": "Frontend & Infrastructure"
},
{
"count": 11,
"lost_usd": 51234000,
"name": "Token & Share Accounting"
},
{
"count": 21,
"lost_usd": 50131692,
"name": "Access Control"
},
{
"count": 4,
"lost_usd": 28953000,
"name": "Reentrancy"
},
{
"count": 8,
"lost_usd": 26021000,
"name": "Oracle Manipulation"
}
],
"by_year": [
{
"count": 100,
"lost_usd": 960892892,
"year": 2024
}
],
"filters": {
"chain": "ethereum",
"classification": null,
"year": "2024"
},
"hacks": 100,
"incidents": [
{
"bridge": false,
"chains": [
"Ethereum"
],
"classification": "Key Compromise",
"date": "2024-02-09",
"lost_usd": 290000000,
"name": "PlayDapp",
"returned_usd": null,
"source": null,
"target": "DeFi Protocol",
"technique": "Hot Wallet Key Compromised"
},
{
"bridge": false,
"chains": [
"Ethereum"
],
"classification": "Social Engineering",
"date": "2024-07-18",
"lost_usd": 234900000,
"name": "WazirX: India",
"returned_usd": null,
"source": null,
"target": "CEX",
"technique": "Signer Phishing"
},
{
"bridge": false,
"chains": [
"Arbitrum",
"Ethereum"
],
"classification": "Input Validation",
"date": "2024-04-19",
"lost_usd": 44700000,
"name": "Hedgey",
"returned_usd": null,
"source": null,
"target": "DeFi Protocol",
"technique": "Missing Input Validation"
}
],
"returned_usd": 5100000,
"sorted_by": "amount",
"source": "DefiLlama hacks database",
"total_lost_usd": 960892892
}Call it from code
The curl command shows the payment challenge. The JavaScript and Python versions pay and call, and never pay more than $0.01.
curl: see the payment challenge
# bash or zsh: see the payment challenge. Nothing is charged.
curl -sS -g -i 'https://saylorinnovations.com/api/defi/hacks?chain=ethereum&limit=5&year=2024'
# x402 v2 sends the challenge base64-encoded in the PAYMENT-REQUIRED header (v1 sends it in the body).
# To read the header:
curl -sS -g -o /dev/null -D - 'https://saylorinnovations.com/api/defi/hacks?chain=ethereum&limit=5&year=2024' \
| grep -i '^payment-required:' | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r' | base64 --decodeJavaScript: pay and call
// npm i @x402/fetch @x402/evm viem
import { wrapFetchWithPayment, x402Client } from "@x402/fetch";
import { registerExactEvmScheme } from "@x402/evm/exact/client";
import { privateKeyToAccount } from "viem/accounts";
// Pays at most $0.01 per call.
const client = new x402Client().setSpendControls({ maxAmountPerPayment: "$0.01" });
registerExactEvmScheme(client, { signer: privateKeyToAccount(process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY) });
const pay = wrapFetchWithPayment(fetch, client);
// Not sure it's safe to pay? ToolVet checks it first for $0.005. Pay for that from a separate
// client: this one is capped at $0.01 per payment. GET https://toolvet.app/api/v1/check?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsaylorinnovations.com%2Fapi%2Fdefi%2Fhacks
const res = await pay("https://saylorinnovations.com/api/defi/hacks?chain=ethereum&limit=5&year=2024");
console.log(res.status, await res.text());Python: pay and call
# pip install "x402[requests,evm]"
import os
from eth_account import Account
from x402 import x402ClientSync
from x402.http.clients import x402_requests
from x402.mechanisms.evm import EthAccountSigner
from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
# Pays at most $0.01 per call.
client = x402ClientSync().set_spend_controls({"max_amount_per_payment": "$0.01"})
register_exact_evm_client(client, EthAccountSigner(Account.from_key(os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])))
with x402_requests(client) as session:
res = session.get("https://saylorinnovations.com/api/defi/hacks?chain=ethereum&limit=5&year=2024")
print(res.status_code, res.text)Security scan
No findings
We scan names, descriptions and tool definitions for hidden instructions and other prompt-injection patterns.
Recent checks
| When | Result | HTTP | Time | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 min ago | Passed | 402 | 329 ms | $0.01 |
| 5 h ago | Passed | 402 | 263 ms | $0.01 |
| 10 h ago | Passed | 402 | 246 ms | $0.01 |