Coinbase Avoids a Major Supply Chain Attack On Its Blockchain AI Toolkit

Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the US, has successfully evaded a supply chain attack that could have compromised its open-source infrastructure. On March 23, Yu Jian, founder of blockchain security firm SlowMist, flagged the incident in a post on X, referencing a report from Unit 42, the threat intelligence division of Palo Alto Networks. How Coinbase Stopped a Major Cyber Attack According to Unit 42, the attacker targeted ‘agentkit’, an open-source toolkit managed by Coinbase that supports blockchain-based AI agents. The threat actor forked agentkit and onchainkit repositories on GitHub, inserting malicious code intended to exploit the continuous integration pipeline source: https://beincrypto.com/coinbase-avoids-cyber-attack-on-blockchain-ai-toolkit/