Bloom bot hackers loot $953K faster than you can microwave popcorn

Bloom pledged to reimburse nine traders after $953,000 was drained from 48 wallets, saying no private keys were accessed or compromised.

Hackers stole nearly $1 million from wallets linked to Telegram trading bot Bloom in under two minutes, according to blockchain analytics company Bitquery.

The attack drained $953,000 in 94 seconds from 48 cryptocurrency wallets belonging to nine traders who had used the bot, Bitquery reported Monday.

Bitquery said each drain was a Solana (SOL) transfer signed with the affected wallet’s private key.

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