Hacked MEV bot offers 50% bounty for return of $7.5M

The operator of Jaredfromsubway.eth (ae13), a long-running Ethereum MEV bot, has pleaded with a hacker to return stolen funds after losing over $7.5 million in an attack that exploited a vulnerability in its automated execution system. The operator sent a message offering a 50% white-hat bounty if the hacker returns 2,150 ETH within 48 hours, threatening legal action otherwise. MEV bots are automated trading programs that profit from arbitrage by intercepting or reordering transactions on a blockchain network.