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The cryptocurrency wallet of Ethereum core developers has been stolen by a malicious artificial intelligence extension.
Golden Finance reports that Ethereum core developer Zak Cole stated in a post on the X platform on Tuesday that he became a victim of a malicious AI extension from Cursor AI, which allowed attackers to gain access to his Hot Wallet in three days and ultimately transfer funds.
The developer installed a plugin called "contractshark.solidity-lang", which appeared to be legitimate - complete with a professional icon and descriptive text, and over 54,000 downloads - but secretly stole his private key. Cole stated that this plugin "read my .env file" and sent the private key to the attacker's server, allowing the attacker to access his Hot Wallet for three days before transferring funds on August 10.
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