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Solana MEV Bot King Hot Wallet Key Compromise: $856.00K Reported Loss

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Incident Overview

The main wallet of King (one of Solana’s oldest and most successful MEV/arbitrage bots with ~$7.2M lifetime PnL) was emptied in 146 seconds via five plain transfers signed with its own private key, just 24 seconds after it stopped trading on November 2, 2026. Approximately $856K was stolen. Funds were swapped to SOL and bridged to Ethereum; about $280K was frozen by Mayan and Relay bridges, while ~$574K (251 ETH) remains unmoved in an Ethereum address. A 20% on-chain bounty was offered with no reply.

Sources & References

Original incident referencehttps://x.com/OnchainLens/status/2117318995460476935 (opens in a new tab)

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