Chinese AI Models Drive 440% Jump in Blockchain-Hosted Malware Commands
Attackers are posting malware instructions to blockchains 440% more often since unrestricted Chinese open-source AI models arrived, Chainalysis reported. Daily malicious on-chain writes climbed from 2.06 to 11.1 in under a year. Chainalysis calls the technique blockchain dead drops (BDDs). State-linked operators from North Korea and Iran now generate most of the activity, the firm The post Chinese AI Models Drive 440% Jump in Blockchain-Hosted Malware Commands appeared first on BeInCrypto.
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