Solana Sandwich Attacker Scores $3,870 Profit in Under One Second

On August 19th, 2026, a Solana sandwich attacker pulled off a daring move, netting a profit of $3,870 in just under one second. The bot entered with 50 SOL and sandwiched victim swaps on PumpSwap, before exiting with 95.367 SOL while paying only $0.02001 in fees to validator Figment on token Token The Rugger.

The attack's success highlights the potential for transaction ordering to be exploited for economic gain. At a Solana price of $85 per SOL at the time, the attacker's profit would have been around 45.3473 SOL net.

Solana price prediction models are now being forced to take into account persistent MEV extraction layers operating at high speeds like this one.