Humanity Protocol key compromise on 2026-06-08
Key compromise on Ethereum, BNB Chain, 8 Jun 2026. Last verified 4 Nov 2026.
major
Reported loss
Not in USD
see the amount as stated below
Recovered
-
nothing reported
Status
Unknown
updated 26 Oct 2026
Date
Ethereum, BNB Chain
Summary
On 2026-06-08 an attacker used stolen keys of Humanity Protocol to move about 141.18 million H tokens on Ethereum and to mint about 100 million new H on BNB Chain, then sold them on decentralized exchanges. Proceeds at known attacker addresses exceeded USD 21 million in ETH, per the project incident summary.
- Protocol
- Humanity Protocol
- Type
- Key compromise
- Reported loss
- about 141.18 million H moved and about 100 million H minted
Facts and where they come from
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Date | 8 June 2026 | humanity.org ↗ |
| Amount moved | about 141.18 million $H | humanity.org ↗ |
| Amount minted | about 100 million new $H | humanity.org ↗ |
| Proceeds | exceed USD 21 million in ETH | humanity.org ↗ |
| Transaction | 0xb5cb1f2e0e246fcdde9ddaa7f36037341948158f4c4a0c3ec6fea121cbf0194b | humanity.org ↗ |
On-chain transactions
- BNB ChainTransaction 0xb5cb…194b
Primary sources
- Humanity Protocol: $H incident summary ↗ post-mortem · accessed 2026-11-04
Our own summary of facts published by the sources above. We do not attribute fault beyond them. Amounts are as the sources state them (no USD conversion by us); links and quoted figures last checked 2026-11-04.
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