Cryptocurrency [loss] $7M+

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2026-01-21 [vendor] Saga [chain] ethereum
Primary Source ↗
Financial Loss $7.0M (7,000,000 USD)
Blockchain(s) Ethereum

Incident Details

The Saga project halted its blockchain after acknowledging that $7 million had been stolen. An attacker was evidently able to mint a large quantity of Saga Dollar tokens, though it’s not yet clear whether it was because of a smart contract vulnerability, private key compromise, or some other issue. The attacker was quick to swap most of the assets to ETH to thwart asset freezes or blockchain halts.The Saga Dollar token lost its peg and fell to around $0.75 after the attack.

Total loss estimated at $7,000,000.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
Private key compromise
Vendor / Product
Saga

Timeline

  1. 2026-01-21 Breach occurred
  2. 2026-01-21 Publicly disclosed