NEAR AI got hit too. Its internal systems were accessed without authorization, and the team suspended inference services on NEAR AI Cloud overnight, calling it a precautionary measure.
There’s a detail worth thinking about: their inference already runs inside TEE hardware-isolated enclaves, so in theory, even the team itself can’t see customers’ prompts. The breach affected internal systems, not the enclaves themselves. The $NEAR protocol mainnet and other services are unaffected, and they said they’d provide an update within two hours.
This week’s events make it even more interesting. Binance’s hot wallet was drained of billions, Polymarket’s front end was compromised, and now it’s AI infrastructure’s turn. The pattern is obvious: on-chain code is fine; all the incidents are happening in the off-chain layer—private keys, front ends, operations, and permissions. Hackers stopped going head-to-head with smart contracts a long time ago; now they target the weak spots.
With the crypto and AI narratives combined, NEAR is now facing distrust from both worlds at once.
My take: TEEs won’t be a bonus anymore—they’ll be the price of entry. AI cloud providers handle other people’s trade secrets; if you can’t provide hardware-level isolation, don’t take on the job. Also, keep things in perspective: an AI cloud suspension doesn’t mean the mainnet is in trouble. Don’t blindly dump just because you see the word NEAR.
Waiting for the update to see where the vulnerability was.
NFA DYOR
#NEAR #AI安全 #加密货币 #TEE #Cybersecurity
There’s a detail worth thinking about: their inference already runs inside TEE hardware-isolated enclaves, so in theory, even the team itself can’t see customers’ prompts. The breach affected internal systems, not the enclaves themselves. The $NEAR protocol mainnet and other services are unaffected, and they said they’d provide an update within two hours.
This week’s events make it even more interesting. Binance’s hot wallet was drained of billions, Polymarket’s front end was compromised, and now it’s AI infrastructure’s turn. The pattern is obvious: on-chain code is fine; all the incidents are happening in the off-chain layer—private keys, front ends, operations, and permissions. Hackers stopped going head-to-head with smart contracts a long time ago; now they target the weak spots.
With the crypto and AI narratives combined, NEAR is now facing distrust from both worlds at once.
My take: TEEs won’t be a bonus anymore—they’ll be the price of entry. AI cloud providers handle other people’s trade secrets; if you can’t provide hardware-level isolation, don’t take on the job. Also, keep things in perspective: an AI cloud suspension doesn’t mean the mainnet is in trouble. Don’t blindly dump just because you see the word NEAR.
Waiting for the update to see where the vulnerability was.
NFA DYOR
#NEAR #AI安全 #加密货币 #TEE #Cybersecurity