{"id":1562,"date":"2026-06-21T04:29:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=1562"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:29:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:29:32","slug":"mev-bot-jaredfromsubway-eth-exploited-for-7-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=1562","title":{"rendered":"MEV Bot Jaredfromsubway.eth Exploited For $7.5M"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the most successful MEV bots in crypto, Jaredfromsubway.eth, has been drained for more than $7.5 million, with an attacker exploiting the bot\u2019s automated systems, the same ones that have netted it hundreds of millions over the years. <\/p>\n

According to Blockaid, the incident on Saturday resulted from attacker-controlled contracts tricking Jaredfromsubway.eth\u2019s automated MEV <\/a>(maximal extractable value) execution system bot into granting token approvals that were later used to drain funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not a classic phishing attack and not a traditional smart-contract vulnerability in the victim contract,\u201d Blockaid said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a rare setback for MEV bots like Jaredfromsubway.eth, which are automated programs that monitor unconfirmed transactions on blockchain networks and manipulate their order to extract profit<\/a>a kind of \u201cinvisible tax\u201d on DeFi users. <\/p>\n

Cointelegraph Research previously found that sandwich attacks<\/a> on Ethereum have resulted in about $60 million in annual losses for traders. The research also found that between November 2024 and October 2025, there were 60,000 to 90,000 sandwich attacks per month, with roughly 70% of them associated with Jaredfromsubway.eth.<\/p>\n

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How Jaredfromsubway.eth was exploited<\/h2>\n

\u201cThis was a counter-MEV honeypot attack, as it specifically targeted the automated, trust-minimized decision-making logic that MEV bots utilize,\u201d Blockaid chief technology officer Raz Niv told Cointelegraph.<\/p>\n

Over several weeks, the attacker deployed 66 fake token contracts that mimicked the names and interfaces of Wrapped ETH (WETH), USDC (USDC), and USDt (USDT) and then paired that with fake liquidity pools, said Niv. <\/p>\n

The fakes were designed to look like profitable trades, the kind MEV bots are programmed to chase. This lulled Jaredfromsubway\u2019s bot into doing what it was designed to do, approving certain attacker-controlled helper contracts to spend real money on its behalf. <\/p>\n

\u201cIronically, in the process, it provided the attacker the keys to millions in the bot\u2019s treasury,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then in a single transaction, the attacker called all 66 backdoors and swept all the ETH, USDC, and USDT at these addresses, amounting to millions of dollars.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Some of the stolen funds have already been sent to crypto mixing service Tornado Cash, according<\/a> to onchain data. <\/p>\n

In May, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin was sandwich attacked by Jaredfromsubway.eth while swapping 26,544 DigitalBits (worth $2.11 at the time of writing). The losses were minimal, but they show that even the smallest transactions can be a target for MEV bots. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t be happy about this; no one should celebrate … but if you\u2019ve ever been sandwiched by this … I\u2019m pretty sure you\u2019re not upset about this news,\u201d crypto investor and commentator David Gokhshtein said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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