Ethereum's biggest 'sandwich' bot drained of $7.5 million in ironic exploit

CoinDesk2h agoUpdated 1h ago
Ethereum's biggest 'sandwich' bot drained of $7.5 million in ironic exploit
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Blockaid said an attacker tricked Jaredfromsubway.eth into approving fake trading routes, then used those approvals to drain WETH, USDC and USDT....

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