On May 15th, Drift Protocol and Kelp DAO suffered nearly $600 million in losses from two DeFi attacks, leading to approximately $9 billion in funds flowing out of Aave and other platforms. TRM Labs states that suspected North Korean hacker groups are using AI to screen targets and design attack paths; Failsafe claims that AI has reduced vulnerability discovery time from several months to just a few hours. Research indicates that starting in 2025, AI could autonomously carry out most blockchain attacks, and Anthropic has not released Mythos but claims to have the ability to discover numerous zero-day vulnerabilities. Source: ODAILY

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AIMPACT News, May 15 (UTC+8), in 2026, Drift Protocol and Kelp DAO experienced two major DeFi attack incidents, resulting in nearly $600 million in losses and triggering approximately $9 billion in fund outflows from protocols like Aave. TRM Labs investigator Nick Carlsen stated that hacker groups linked to North Korea are suspected to have used AI-assisted target screening and attack path design. Failsafe CEO Aneirin Flynn said that AI has compressed blockchain vulnerability discovery time from several months to just days or even hours. Reports indicate that Anthropic has not fully released its AI model Mythos due to cybersecurity risks, and claims that the model has the capability to discover large-scale zero-day vulnerabilities. Their research shows that by 2025, more than half of blockchain attacks could theoretically be autonomously carried out by AI. (Source: ODAILY)

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Half-UnderstoodZk

· 3h ago

600 million dollars said and it's gone, this DeFi security model needs to be rewritten

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BridgeHopBella

· 7h ago

North Korean hackers + AI—this combo sounds completely outrageous. Traditional cybersecurity isn’t even figured out yet, and now they’re turning to the on-chain front again.

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NarrativeCartographer

· 13h ago

In 2025, with AI autonomous attacks, does that mean we also need AI autonomous defense? It’s basically an arms race.

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SandwichBlockSam

· 13h ago

TRM Labs' report made me tighten my wallet; I need to check my authorizations.

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tvl_down_bad

· 13h ago

9 billion outflow indicates that everyone is still voting with their feet; no matter how high the returns are, they don't dare to sleep soundly.

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RetroRadioSignal

· 13h ago

From several months to just a few hours, who can withstand this dimensionality reduction blow?

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ColdWalletUnderTheNeonLights

· 13h ago

The efficiency improvement mentioned by Failsafe makes it seem like half of the auditing firms will become unemployed in the future.

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