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 Brothers arrested after DOJ says they stole $25 million in crypto in 12 seconds in Ethereum blockchain attack.
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 The case involved a concept called maximal extractable value (MEV), which refers to the maximum amount of value that can be extracted from a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol or smart contract. The brothers, who studied mathematics and computer science at prestigious universities, used their expertise in crypto trading to exploit the Ethereum blockchain and carry out the theft