Hack history / 2023 / Hack or exploit
MEV Bot
Hack or exploit on Apr 20, 2023 · Sandwich Attack
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$1.4M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#820
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Sealaunch, an NFT data and research platform, has monitored that the MEV Bot named jaredfromsubway.eth recently carried out "sandwich attacks" on buyers and sellers of Meme coins such as WOJAK and PEPE, earning more than $1.4 million in profits. Additionally, Sealaunch stated that MEV Bots spent 7% of Ethereum’s gas fees during the 24-hour period between April 18 and 19. A sandwich attack occurs when the attacker "sandwiches" the victim's transaction between two of his own to profit from the user by manipulating prices.
Details
- Date
- Apr 20, 2023
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Sandwich Attack
- How in
- Other
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "MEV Bot hack, Apr 20, 2023: $1.4M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht0e4af2e8b8/ (data as of 2026-10-31).