Telegram Chatbot Unibot Loses $640,000 in Digital Property to Hacker Exploit

Telegram chatbot Unibot has misplaced round $640,000 value of digital belongings after a hacker managed to take advantage of a vulnerability within the newly deployed contract. The crew behind the protocol mentioned that it’s at present investigating the difficulty and can quickly launch an in depth response.

PeckShield reported that the attacker transferred the pilfered cryptocurrency to Uniswap, after which it was subsequently routed to the controversial crypto mixer, Twister Money.

• Lookonchain suggested Unibot to maneuver funds to different wallets or revoke approvals of the contract as quickly as doable.
• Unibot confirmed the token approval exploit from its new router and revealed pausing it to include the difficulty.
• The protocol additionally assured its customers that any funds misplaced as a result of bug on its new router will likely be compensated whereas including that person keys and wallets stay protected.

#PeckShieldAlert #Unibot Exploiter #1 has swapped the stolen cash for ~355.75 $ETH (value ~$640K) and laundered them by way of #TornadoCash pic.twitter.com/P14n9Qip10

— PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) October 31, 2023

• Almost $332 million in varied digital belongings had been misplaced to exploits, hacks, and scams in September, in response to blockchain safety agency CertiK.
• The newest exploit comes days after the same incident hit Maestrobots, a gaggle of cryptocurrency bots on the Telegram messenger app, on October twenty fourth.
• The attackers focused MaestroRouter on the ETH mainnet and drained 280 ETH value round $485,000 on the time of the hack.
• The crew rapidly recognized the assault and eliminated the exploit. Subsequently, the customers had been reimbursed a day later.