Hacker breaks into AI crypto bot aixbt's dashboard to snatch 55 ETH

A Cointelegraph report on a hacker who broke into the dashboard of aixbt, an AI crypto bot, and took 55 ETH. The companion cites it as a case of agents as prey: in March 2025 a human intruder sent 55.5 ETH, about $106,000, out of the agent's wallet with two prompts. It places wallet raiders among those that feed on agents in Fig. 1.

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both papers (Flagship: Fig. 1; Companion §4, Fig. 1)

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Food web (agents as prey); Fig. 1

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Cybersecurity & AI-enabled attack · Prompt injection, agent worms & supply-chain parasites

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@misc{lindrea2025aixbt,
  title = {Hacker breaks into AI crypto bot aixbt's dashboard to snatch 55 ETH},
  author = {Brayden Lindrea},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Cointelegraph},
  url = {https://cointelegraph.com/news/hacker-breaches-ai-crypto-bot-aixbt-steals-55-eth},
}