Cryptocurrency
[loss] $3M+
"Telegram bot Banana Gun’s users drained of over $1.9M"
Primary Source ↗Financial Loss
$3.0M
(3,000,000 USD)
Affected
11
individuals/accounts
Blockchain(s)
Ethereum, Solana
Incident Details
Some people use a Telegram-based crypto trading bot called “Banana Gun” to “snipe” crypto trades, copytrade, and perform other activities. On September 19, at least 11 victims lost around $3 million after their accounts were apparently compromised and drained.Banana Gun acknowledged the attack on Twitter and shut down the bot. They posted that they did not believe their backend was compromised, and stated that they believed the attack occurred via a “front-end vulnerability” — though it was not clear what this might have referred to.
Total loss estimated at $3,000,000.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Smart contract exploit / hack
- Vendor / Product
- Banana Gun
Timeline
- 2024-09-19 Breach occurred
- 2024-09-19 Publicly disclosed