How Morse Code Broke an AI Crypto Agent

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An AI agent with access to crypto wallets got hacked this week through a prompt injection hidden in Morse code and routed through Grok. It sounds funny. It’s also a preview of a security problem that Kain Warwick (Infinex/Synthetix) and Taylor Monahan (security expert, formerly of MetaMask) believe DeFi hasn’t seriously started to solve yet. This segment breaks down how the attack worked, why agent-to-agent prompt injection is fundamentally different from smart contract exploits, and whether there’s any meaningful way to contain the blast radius once an AI agent has access to your keys. Featuring RMIT research fellow Kelsie Nabben on the deeper structural questions behind AI security. This clip comes from a longer conversation on the $71M KelpDAO funds court case, AI agent security, and Coinbase’s layoffs. Full episode here: https://youtube.com/live/DXejCvRV-1s We go live every Wednesday at 3:00 PM ET — subscribe to catch it live. _______________________________________________________ Multichain Advisors: Get help navigating TGEs, go‑to‑market, BD and partnerships, capital markets advisory, PR, media placements, KOL activations and more at https://multichainadv.com. _______________________________________________________ Chapters: 🤖 00:00 The BankrBot Morse code hack explained 🔗 02:56 LLM-to-LLM prompt injection: the new attack surface 🔐 05:53 Why there's almost no way to stop an enthusiastic prompter 🛡️ 06:01 Kelsie: can DeFi survive the agents? 💥 06:53 How AI slop influencers make it seem like AIs are better than they are 🥷 8:49 How AIs are now key in generating security attacks ⚠️ 10:14 Kain: once an agent is on your machine, it has your stuff _______________________________________________________ #bitcoin #ethereum #crypto #cryptocurrencies ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Subscribe to our channel! Website → https://unchainedcrypto.com Unchained Daily Newsletter (FREE!)→ https://unchainedcrypto.beehiiv.com/subscribe/ Unchained X → https://x.com/unchained_pod Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1123922160?ls=1 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1cJrrfGY1SKBIRn5noKSAf?si=6SI4qIcRTEO7EhOe0V9n4w RSS Feed → https://feeds.megaphone.fm/LSHML4761942757 Unchained: Your no-hype resource for all things crypto!