Crypto Ecosystem Faces Dual Threats: Malicious AI Plugins and Ransom Kidnappings
Crypto Ecosystem Faces Dual Threats: Malicious AI Plugins and Ransom Kidnappings
The cryptocurrency ecosystem is currently grappling with heightened security concerns on multiple fronts. Cybersecurity firm SlowMist has issued a critical warning regarding a surge in poisoned AI plugins, identifying 472 malicious skills specifically designed to target cryptocurrency investors' devices. Simultaneously, French authorities have apprehended six individuals involved in a disturbing crypto ransom kidnapping of a magistrate and her mother, underscoring a growing trend of violent 'wrench attacks' and emphasizing the real-world dangers associated with digital assets.
SlowMist flagged 472 AI skills containing malicious code as AI plugins and extensions become the new hunting ground for hackers seeking to access the devices of cryptocurrency investors.
Six people have been detained after a French magistrate and her mother were abducted in a crypto ransom plot, intensifying concerns over a surge in violent “wrench attacks” in France.