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The $459,000 Bot Hacker Was a Customer First, Researchers Say

Bitcoin.com News·October 2, 2026·1 min read
The $459,000 Bot Hacker Was a Customer First, Researchers Say

Researchers traced a $459,000 wallet drain to an address that previously funded 27 trades through the same bot, raising questions about how its private keys escaped. The wallet had helped pay for ordinary memecoin trades before collecting stolen crypto, according to Bitquery.

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