In October 2024, CryptoBottle on Polygon was exploited on three separate occasions with combined losses totalling ~$527k. In the latest incident on 24 October, the largest of the three, an attacker exploited a critical vulnerability to disable a balance check in the swap() method after callback, and made arbitrary swaps to acquire a large amount of NAS tokens which they then sold to drain the project of ~$490k USDT.

The October Stats Graphic shows data from hacks, scams, and incidents in October 2023

In late October two of the most popular Telegram trading bots were exploited, leading to a total loss of $1.1 million. The two exploits happened within a week of each other starting with the Maestro incident on 24 October, followed by the Unibot incident on 31 October.