By Isaac • June 21, 2026 8:59 am •
The most infamous sandwich bot on Ethereum got robbed using its own playbook.
Jaredfromsubway.eth, the automated MEV system that front-runs and back-runs ordinary traders for profit, was drained for more than $7.5 million on June 20, based on security-firm reviews of the on-chain transactions.
The attack did not break Ethereum and it did not crack the bot’s keys. It exploited the one thing the bot was built to do, which is move fast and grant approvals automatically.
That is what makes this one land different. The bot that has spent years extracting value from open allowances got caught by a contract that abused open allowances right back.
Blockaid’s exploit detection system flagged the incident and
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