La cuenta de Anthropic X fue comprometida para promover un agente de cripto IA
La cuenta X de Anthropic se vio comprometida y mostró una dirección simbólica durante unos 30 minutos. El reciente exploit en las redes sociales es el último de una tendencia de ataques de alto perfil a corporaciones convencionales para engañar a una nueva dirección simbólica.
Anthropic, que se separó de OpenAI, es la última cuenta de alto perfil pirateada y posteriormente utilizada para promover una dirección de token criptográfico. Anthropic notó el exploit temprano y rápidamente recuperó el acceso a su cuenta.
La cuenta X de Anthropic promovió al agente Venti AI
La cuenta pirateada de Anthropic X engañó a Venti, un robot entrenado en la comunicación y el estilo X. La principal tarea del bot es el marketing a través de contenidos. Venti fue irreverente, utilizó la última jerga de Internet y se considera alineado con los valores y el contenido de 4Chan.
El hacker compartió tanto VENTI como un token que pretendía ser oficial con el símbolo CLAUDE. Una de las monedas vinculadas al hack se bombeó inmediatamente, dejando a los explotadores con alrededor de $100,000 después de un rápido retiro.
Anthropic fue pirateado y la cuenta promovió una moneda, inmediatamente fue liquidada con una ganancia de alrededor de 100.000. El tweet se eliminó en unos 30 minutos. pic.twitter.com/qVmRAQkAgA
- Q (@qtnx_) 17 de diciembre de 2024
Crypto AI agents have gained popularity in the last months of 2024, first ignited by experimental accounts like Truth Terminal, Numogram (GNON), and their offshoots. Soon after that, high-profile AI agents like AI16Z combined their content with DeFi features.
As of December 2024, there are hundreds of small AI agent accounts, all fighting for attention. While Anthropic’s Claude was gaining ground, minor agents tried to attract followers and traders with their specific brand of content.
Even after the exposure, VENTI is still a relatively minor token a week into trading. The asset has been sliding since its launch, currently at $0.00025. In addition to the Anthropic hack, the token’s creators also caused a fast artificial pump, using it to rug-pull buyers who showed interest in the token.
The choice of promoting Venti through a hacked account is also seen as an attack on the project itself. Venti aimed for organic growth while training on X content data. The promotion coincided with a rug pull, which hurt VENTI more than the promotion helped. Venti was promoted in a second X message, which quoted an account that is generally supportive of AI memes.
AI agents are in a relentless tussle for mindshare. Even the original Truth Terminal is struggling to remain among the top 10 agents on social media. For Venti, the recent exposure for 11 minutes on the page of Anthropic is yet to translate into any significant following or token success.
The AI agent space as a whole has a market capitalization close to $10B, though new and small tokens can hardly compete with legacy assets that pivoted into AI. Not all AI agents are the same, and there are tiers of specialization. Some are intermixed with DeFi, others are content generators, and some are used for AI market analysis.
Promotion via hacked social media accounts is a growing trend
Previous hacks have been used to promote regular meme tokens or other types of projects. This time around, Anthropic was used to drive interest toward a new AI agent and a new token pretending to officially belong to Claude.
The latest hack follows attacks against corporate X accounts and influential persons. The account of AI agent Truth Terminal was also stolen briefly, although it has been recovered.
X account hacks have been one of the most common attacks this year. Just days ago, the Cardano Foundation lost control of its social media, where hackers promoted another Web3 asset. Other notable hacks include the account of Philip Bankss, the artist behind the CHILLGIY image and meme.
Even Drake’s account was compromised this week to shill a new meme token. The list also included McDonald’s Corporation and even the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
The hacked accounts have promoted fake airdrops, new token launches, or have spread malicious links.
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