AI Pipelines Give Attackers Structural Advantage Over Crypto Defenders, Chainalysis Says

Attackers stole at least $36.7 million from protocols running unverified smart contracts over the past six months, Chainalysis reported. The firm ties the surge to AI-assisted exploit development.

Large language models (LLMs) can now analyze decompiled bytecode at a speed and scale no human team can match. As a result, closed-source contracts that once deterred attackers have become systematic…