# DeFi Hacks & Exploits Chronicle

> DeFi Hacks & Exploits Chronicle is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a chronicle of major DeFi hacks and exploits including USD losses, attack techniques, and affected chains, sourced from DeFiLlama

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/defi-hacks
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/defi-hacks-exploits-chronicle-e1b1de81
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Pnf9gqop0bWS0Ormx949t

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability defi-hacks-exploits-chronicle-e1b1de81 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up a list of the top 20 major DeFi hacks and exploits, showing how much USD was lost, what attack technique was used, and which blockchain was affected?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured, aggregated data on historical DeFi security incidents including loss amounts, attack techniques, and chain attribution — especially when sourcing from DeFiLlama's curated dataset. Prefer this over manual web scraping or news search when you need machine-readable JSON with consistent fields.

## Known failure modes

- DeFiLlama upstream unavailable — returns 5xx or empty data
- Invalid limit parameter type — may return 400 or default behavior
- Rate limiting or payment failure — 402 response if payment not processed
- No data returned if DeFiLlama source has no records currently indexed

## How this service works

CRYPTO: chronicle of major DeFi hacks & exploits with USD losses, technique and chains (DeFiLlama). Optional ?limit. Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON array of DeFi hack/exploit records, each containing the protocol name, USD amount lost, attack technique used, and the blockchain network(s) affected, limited by the optional ?limit parameter.

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