---
title: "Telegram Chatbot Unibot Loses $640,000 in Digital Assets to Hacker Exploit"
url: https://diffcoin.com/telegram-chatbot-unibot-loses-640000-in-digital-assets-to-hacker-exploit/
description: "Unibot assured its users that it would reimburse the stolen digital assets."
published: 2023-11-01
updated: 2023-11-01
author: "Mila"
site: "Diffcoin"
---

# Telegram Chatbot Unibot Loses $640,000 in Digital Assets to Hacker Exploit

Telegram chatbot Unibot has lost around $640,000 worth of digital assets after a hacker managed to exploit a vulnerability in the newly deployed contract. The team behind the protocol said that it is currently investigating the issue and will soon release a detailed response.

PeckShield reported that the attacker transferred the pilfered cryptocurrency to Uniswap, after which it was subsequently routed to the controversial crypto mixer, Tornado Cash.

- Lookonchain [advised](https://twitter.com/lookonchain/status/1719233194220999089) Unibot to move funds to other wallets or revoke approvals of the contract as soon as possible.
- Unibot [confirmed](https://twitter.com/TeamUnibot/status/1719239188514844735) the token approval exploit from its new router and revealed pausing it to contain the issue.
- The protocol also assured its users that any funds lost due to the bug on its new router will be compensated while adding that user keys and wallets remain safe.

> [#PeckShieldAlert](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PeckShieldAlert?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#Unibot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Unibot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Exploiter #1 has swapped the stolen coins for ~355.75 [$ETH](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24ETH&src=ctag&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (worth ~$640K) and laundered them via [#TornadoCash](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TornadoCash?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/P14n9Qip10](https://t.co/P14n9Qip10)
> 
> — PeckShieldAlert (@PeckShieldAlert) [October 31, 2023](https://twitter.com/PeckShieldAlert/status/1719251390319796477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

- Nearly $332 million in various digital assets were lost to exploits, hacks, and scams in September, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
- The latest exploit comes days after a similar incident hit Maestrobots, a group of cryptocurrency bots on the Telegram messenger app, on October 24th.
- The attackers targeted MaestroRouter on the ETH mainnet and drained 280 ETH worth around $485,000 at the time of the hack.
- The team quickly identified the attack and removed the exploit. Subsequently, the users were reimbursed a day later.

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