More than 8,000 illegal cryptocurrency mining sites were found in the Irkutsk region of Russia, with a wide variety of disguises. Since 2019, the company has filed 2,170 lawsuits seeking $18.5 million in compensation. To stabilize the power grid, it plans to use AI to track down the illegal mining sites.

Gate News message: On April 13, American musician Garrett Dutton (stage name G. Love) downloaded and used an application that impersonated a Ledger wallet from the App Store. After he entered his recovery phrase, 5.9 BTC was stolen, for an estimated loss of about $420k. On-chain analyst ZachXBT found that the attacker had moved the stolen Bitcoin through some

University of California researchers warn that some third-party AI large language model routers have security risks, which could lead to crypto assets being stolen. Testing found multiple routers injecting malicious code to steal credentials. Developers are advised to avoid transmitting private keys through AI agents and to strengthen security measures.

A U.S. bank research report said that since the 1970s, the global economy’s reliance on oil has declined, and the oil required now is only one-third of that at the time, with economic resilience strengthening. In addition, Haitong Securities’ analysis found that gold did not exhibit safe-haven characteristics; after experiencing a pullback due to geopolitical shocks, it rebounded.

OpenAI issued a security advisory on April 11 confirming that it identified a security issue involving the third-party library Axios, but found no evidence that user data was accessed. To ensure security, the company requires all macOS users to update to the latest version to prevent the risk of forged applications.

A CEX founder revealed in his autobiography that in 2022 he attempted to acquire another CEX, but the tens of billions of dollars in funding demands made by the other party did not actually move the deal forward—the letter of intent was only for evaluating data. The platform’s collapse ultimately hinged on a buyback proposal from the former CEO of an affiliated company, which triggered market short-selling and caused massive capital outflows. Another industry communication group was also scrutinized by regulators, but no manipulation was found.

Gate News message, April 7, Indonesian authorities recently convicted three defendants on terrorism financing charges involving cryptocurrency, becoming one of the first terror-financing conviction cases in Southeast Asia supported primarily by on-chain blockchain evidence. One of the defendants transferred more than 49,000 USDT to an overseas exchange through 15 transactions, and the flow of funds is linked to networks associated with ISIS. None of the three defendants directly participated in a terrorist attack; their role was characterized as the “financial logistics layer” of a terrorist organization.

The Korea Financial Services Commission requires all cryptocurrency exchanges to set up a system to verify assets every 5 minutes, and to complete it by the end of May. It found that some exchanges’ verification frequency is insufficient and that there are defects in their trading circuit breaker mechanisms; all exchanges are required to publish their asset balances and submit to audits. The regulatory measures stem from an operational mistake at an exchange in February.

Blockchain security firm SlowMist released a security assessment report for a mainstream Web3 wallet. The results show the wallet does not transmit private keys or seed phrases to external parties. Overall, no sensitive data leakage risk was detected, providing users with a safe reference.

Drift Protocol recently suffered a complex attack. Malicious actors used the durable nonce technology to obtain unauthorized administrative privileges, resulting in approximately $280 million in funds being withdrawn. The investigation found no program vulnerabilities; it may involve social engineering. Drift has frozen protocol functionality and updated the multisig to protect assets.