{"id":17118,"date":"2024-09-19T19:38:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/banana-gun-developers-reveal-details-of-telegram-bot-breach\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T19:38:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:38:04","slug":"banana-gun-developers-reveal-details-of-telegram-bot-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/banana-gun-developers-reveal-details-of-telegram-bot-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Banana Gun Developers Reveal Details of Telegram Bot Breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 19, members of the crypto community reported a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YannickCrypto\/status\/1836709494602022942https:\/\/twitter.com\/YannickCrypto\/status\/1836709494602022942\">suspected hack<\/a> of the Banana Gun trading Telegram bot and the theft of funds. The service&#8217;s developers confirmed &#8220;unauthorized transfers&#8221; from the wallets of a limited number of users.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE ON BOT SITUATION<\/p>\n<p>Today, some users of Banana Gun experienced unauthorized transfers from their wallets. Promptly after the first incident, we immediately switched off the bot and began diligently checking our back-end. <\/p>\n<p>We have confirmed that our back-end is not\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Banana Gun ?? (@BananaGunBot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BananaGunBot\/status\/1836789190953963606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to them, after the first incident, the team disabled the bot and began a thorough check of the back-end. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe have confirmed that our back-end is not compromised. Both the router and the database have been thoroughly checked, and only a very small number of users (fewer than 10) were affected,\u201d Banana Gun reported. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since the transfers were executed manually, this presumably indicates a vulnerability in the front-end.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe will keep our bot offline while we investigate the root cause,\u201d the team added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The developers did not specify the amount of damage. Previously, users on X suggested it could be around $1.9 million. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/dune.com\/whale_hunter\/banana-gun-bot\">Dune Analytics<\/a>, Banana Gun is one of the leading Telegram-based trading bots in the industry, with a trading volume exceeding $6 billion from nearly 272,000 users.<\/p>\n<p>Following the initial reports of the suspected hack, the BANANA token reacted with a drop of more than 10%. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfQR4ytKkz-PDAWmJJSX29oD-In62wNjAGpuBHcmguH08J8-3bOHpT-FJu55SSAXsoUeyKAvliA3q5udrg2PNbGqKwEDfgscY6EhPxtH5qIuF0iEaof724tWEXgEfrAIEUVBu3LaFMp6fFXr3OW7jH_O4OZ?key=D7p5HDeLOnTD9t9z_vXRHg\" alt=\"Banana Gun Developers Reveal Details of Telegram Bot Breach\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hourly chart of BANANA\/USDT on Binance exchange. Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/chart\/\">TradingView<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the time of writing, its price had recovered by 5.7%. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coingecko.com\/en\/coins\/banana-gun\">CoinGecko<\/a>, the coin is trading at $40.64.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2023, Banana Gun&#8217;s trading volume exceeded $16 million. <\/p>\n<p>Experts had previously warned about the risks of Telegram bots.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2024, the trading service BONKbot on the Solana network was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/telegram-bots-bonkbot-and-solareum-users-suffer-520000-losses-due-to-hacks\">subjected to a hacker attack<\/a>, resulting in users losing about $208,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 19, members of the crypto community reported a suspected hack of the Banana Gun trading Telegram bot and the theft of funds. The service&#8217;s developers confirmed &#8220;unauthorized transfers&#8221; from the wallets of a limited number of users. UPDATE ON BOT SITUATION Today, some users of Banana Gun experienced unauthorized transfers from their wallets. 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