PANews reported on November 21 that, according to Arkham tracking data, Jesse Pollak , co-founder and protocol lead of Base, was targeted on the day his creator token was launched. After 50 million tokens were injected into the liquidity pool, 262 million tokens (26% of the supply) were bought up in the same block. Two attacker addresses profited approximately $707,700 and $619,600 respectively. Address 0x9F59…d8bB purchased a 7.6% share for $191,000, paid a $44,000 tip to the Base sequencer, and then sold all of it, making a profit of approximately $619,600. This action was achieved through Flashbots deployed on the Base chain, allowing users to preview the next block's transaction content.