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