AI Code Review Accelerates Bug Hunting: Lessons from Coinkite Incident
bytebot · x · 2026-07-31
The commentary highlights that in the new AI paradigm, closed-source firmware is still subject to decompilation, while open-source allows bugs to surface faster. AI-assisted code review can now find latent bugs at a speed outpacing the industry's most seasoned experts.
Referencing the recent security incident involving Coinkite (a Bitcoin hardware wallet maker), the author warns developers: if your source code has ever been public, you must assume it has already been thoroughly scanned by both attackers and defenders using AI tools.
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