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Blockchain malware activity jumps 440% as AI lowers the barrier for North Korea and Iran-linked hackers
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Chainalysis linked the surge in malicious on-chain writes partly to powerful open-weight AI models that made dead-drop infrastructure easier to build. State-linked hackers are increasingly using public blockchains to keep malware connected to infrastructure that traditional.
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