🚨 AI helped a hacker steal Chainstack customer data
Blockchain infrastructure provider Chainstack has revealed details of a serious incident.
In late October 2026, an attacker used the ARTEX AI framework to breach its infrastructure and access customer data.
What happened:
• The attack began on October 26 through a test Grafana instance with default passwords
• On October 29, the hacker reached production
• On October 31, the company discovered the intrusion and cut off access
What was leaked:
• Organization names
• Account owners’ names
• Employees’ email addresses
• Password hashes
• (Potentially) node credentials
Customer services continued to work normally; nodes and APIs were not affected. The company is already urging everyone to change their passwords and rotate their credentials immediately.
This is part of a broader wave of AI-powered attacks. Hackers are increasingly using LLM agents to automate breaches.
The era in which AI helps not only developers but also hackers is already here.
#Chainstack #CyberSecurity #AI #Blockchain
Blockchain infrastructure provider Chainstack has revealed details of a serious incident.
In late October 2026, an attacker used the ARTEX AI framework to breach its infrastructure and access customer data.
What happened:
• The attack began on October 26 through a test Grafana instance with default passwords
• On October 29, the hacker reached production
• On October 31, the company discovered the intrusion and cut off access
What was leaked:
• Organization names
• Account owners’ names
• Employees’ email addresses
• Password hashes
• (Potentially) node credentials
Customer services continued to work normally; nodes and APIs were not affected. The company is already urging everyone to change their passwords and rotate their credentials immediately.
This is part of a broader wave of AI-powered attacks. Hackers are increasingly using LLM agents to automate breaches.
The era in which AI helps not only developers but also hackers is already here.
#Chainstack #CyberSecurity #AI #Blockchain