AI tools make crypto hacking simpler and cheaper than ever

AI isn't just changing how we work or learn—it's also making digital crime easier and cheaper. Security experts used to count on hackers needing advanced skills and lots of time to crack systems. Now, AI tools can do the heavy lifting in seconds. Think about it: what took hackers months to achieve can now be done with a few typed prompts. For cryptocurrency, this shift is dangerous. Big crypto thefts often happen when hackers find tiny mistakes in the code that controls millions in funds. Earlier this year, a Solana-based protocol lost $285 million in a single attack. Just a week before that, another yield protocol saw $25 million vanish. Last year, over $1. 4 billion in crypto assets disappeared because of these kinds of attacks.The problem grows even worse because many developers now rely on AI to write code. While AI saves time, it also spreads vulnerabilities faster. Fixing bad code after the fact is tough—sometimes it’s already too late. Security teams now face a tough question: how do you keep up when AI tools lower the bar for hackers but raise the bar for defenders? Hardware wallets offer some protection by keeping digital keys offline, away from internet threats. But even these aren’t foolproof. Hackers have found ways to trick users into revealing their private keys, often through clever malware that scans phones for seed phrases. For regular crypto users, the message is clear: trust is a risk.