# Top Ten “Awesome” Security Incidents in 2023

Source: https://blocksecteam.medium.com/top-ten-awesome-security-incidents-in-2023-5e3f55d674a4
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Top-Ten-Awesome-Security-Incidents-in-2023?index=0x66509c99f0d320e811b099e661962fe272e1e083083f2d3854b0e0152a20beda0033967d
Submitted by @garesbil9 on 2024-05-24 UTC, 7 upvotes, 0 comments

## Summary

BlockSec published a list of the top ten security incidents of 2023, stating that these cases offer lessons showing security should be a priority for the community. Selected cases include an April 3 attack that exploited a Flashbots relay vulnerability to profit around $20 million from MEV bots, and a March 13 Euler Finance flash loan attack with losses of nearly $200 million. Other entries cover a November 23 KyberSwap attack with losses over $48 million and July 30 Curve exploits traced to a Vyper compiler bug.