In a significant cybersecurity operation, $975,000 out of approximately $1 million stolen from Solareum Project users was frozen in a collaborative effort led by notable figures and organizations including Jordy, Bonkbot.io, LewiLewiLewi, Plumferno, CryptoEdgar_, pingToven, tunacaneater, solanobahn, tayvano_, and _SEAL_Org. The exploit targeted the Solareum Project, a Telegram trading bot for SVM, but notably, Bonkbot.io was not compromised. This operation resulted in the freezing of 24 wallets, marking the largest wallet freeze in Tether's history. The team's quick response ensured that the hackers were left with less than 5% of the total $1,000,000 in Solana drained over three days. Initial reports mistakenly blamed Bonkbot for the wallet drains, but it was later clarified that Solareum Project was the actual target of the exploit.
JUST IN: $1M $SOL WALLET DRAINS INITIALLY BLAMED ON BONKBOT ACTUALLY THE CAUSE OF A DIFFERENT TRADING BOT NAMED @SOLAREUMPROJECT
🚨BREAKING: @bonkbot_io team helped freeze $975k stolen in a @SolareumProject exploit. Important to note that previous reports of bonkbot exploit were false and exploit was actually related to @SolareumProject a telegram trading bot for SVM https://t.co/Maz8WLadFc
🚨BREAKING: @bonkbot_io team helped freeze $975k stolen in a @SolareumProject exploit. Important to note that previous reports c of bonkbot exploit were false and exploit was actually related to @SolareumProject a telegram trading bot for SVM https://t.co/3j0ykQpIOx
Solareum was exploited, NOT BONKbot - but we hunted and froze them anyway. TLDR: $975k stolen from Solareum users has been FROZEN. With 24 wallets iced, this is the BIGGEST wallet freeze in @Tether_to's history.
The @bonkbot_io team is officially GOATed. Not only did they not get exploited, they rugged the hackers and froze the money they stole from Solareum users. Is the team behind your favorite bot this based? https://t.co/TAo800xzvu https://t.co/EjcYudC5jl
BREAKING: $975K OUT OF THE ~$1M STOLEN FROM @SolareumProject USERS HAS BEEN FROZEN - EFFORT LED BY @jordy, @bonkbot_io (WHOSE BOT WAS NOT EXPLOITED), @LewiLewiLewi, @Plumferno, @CryptoEdgar_, @pingToven, @tunacaneater, @solanobahn, @tayvano_, @_SEAL_Org , & OTHERS https://t.co/speEpeFmLj
BREAKING: $975K OUT OF THE ~$1M STOLEN FROM @SolareumProject USERS HAS BEEN FROZEN - EFFORT LEAD BY @jordy, @bonkbot_io (WHOSE BOT WAS NOT EXPLOITED), @LewiLewiLewi, @Plumferno, @CryptoEdgar_, @pingToven, @tunacaneater, @solanobahn, @tayvano_, @_SEAL_Org, & OTHERS https://t.co/rCRPMvMjKy
BREAKING: $975K OUT OF THE ~$1M STOLEN FROM @SolareumProject USERS HAS BEEN FROZEN - EFFORT LEAD BY @jordy, @bonkbot_io (WHOSE BOT WAS NOT EXPLOITED), @LewiLewiLewi, @Plumferno, @CryptoEdgar_, @pingToven, @tunacaneater, @solanobahn, @tayvano_, @_SEAL_Org, @solanobahn & OTHERS https://t.co/0y41FXDO62
UPDATE ON SOLAREUM EXPLOIT Solareum was exploited, NOT BONKbot - but we hunted and froze them anyway. TLDR: $975k stolen from Solareum users has been FROZEN. With 24 wallets iced, this is the BIGGEST wallet freeze in @Tether_to's history. BONKbot remains SAFE, as always. 🧵
The Heist: $1,000,000 in Solana - Stolen, Exchanged, Frozen Here's a thread on how my team and I traced the money drained from a Telegram trading bot called Solareum over three days. In the end, we managed to freeze it, and they escaped with less than 5% of the total drained.
The Solareum thieves are back 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 if you have EVER USED SOLAREUM, imported a key into the bot, exported a key FROM the bot - GET YOUR MONEY OUT OF THAT WALLET/PK RIGHT NOW This is NOT a BonkBot issue, this is ONLY Solareum users!!
🔥Users of the Telegram bots BONKbot and Solareum reportedly lost $520,000 due to hacks. The trading Telegram bot BONKbot on the @solana network was presumably subjected to a hacker attack, resulting in users losing around $208,000. 🤬 The exact cause of the exploit remains… https://t.co/O4eTNRhiW4