Ledger supply-chain tampering has reportedly reached Europe and an AI-assisted review uncovered a dormant XRP minting flaw. The incidents highlight ongoing hardware and protocol risks in crypto.
The firm reported that its AI discovered two low-severity bugs in rippled that could be chained to mint more than 18 trillion XRP in a single transaction.
https://x.com/Ledger/status/2109331538072494364
The Ethereum co-founder agreed that rapid AI math advances could threaten current blockchain cryptography sooner than quantum computers.
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