What happened
Ethereum user loses 121 ETH in gas fee exploit, totaling a loss of 156,190 USD.
On October 19, 2022, an Ethereum user fell victim to a gas draining exploit, losing 121 ETH as a gas fee. The fees were pocketed by the validator that processed the transaction, which was processed by an MEV-Boost relay belonging to Flashbots, the most prominent organization within the MEV sphere. The transaction used a block-builder from builder0x69.
It remains unclear which, if any, of the parties involved is responsible for manipulating the gas fee to such heights.
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Evidence
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