Wednesday, 30 Sep, 2026

MEV Bot Outruns Hacker to Snatch $7.7 Million in Kelp DAO Exploit, Defying Traditional Attack Outcomes

In a bizarre twist of decentralized finance (DeFi) dynamics, a malicious exploit targeting a Kelp DAO rsETH vault was abruptly derailed not by white-hat interventions or core developer patches, but by an automated Maximum Extractable Value (MEV) bot. Rather than walking away with a massive payday, the attacker found themselves victimized by a ruthless competitor […]