AI blamed for exploiting privacy chain: Pirate Chain rolls back after Ironwood vulnerability
adamamcbride · x · 2026-10-15
Pirate Chain announced an exploit in its new transparent layer related to the Ironwood turnstile for supply accounting, forcing a chain rollback to Oct 14, 1 PM PT, with exchanges suspending deposits and withdrawals. An X commenter warned that AI is exploiting privacy chains first, and Solana and Ethereum may be at risk eventually.
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