AI Is Making Crypto Hacks Worse

CertiK co-founder & CEO Ronghui Gu joins Gareth Jenkinson at Consensus to break down the recent rise in DeFi exploits and explains why AI is making it easier for hackers to discover vulnerabilities across crypto protocols.

The conversation explores operational security failures, North Korean hacking groups, formal verification, and why the crypto industry increasingly needs coordinated incident response systems rather than relying solely on prevention.

OUTLINE
00:00 – Introduction
00:42 – Inside CertiK
01:17 – Surge in DeFi Hacks
02:31 – AI-Powered Exploits
03:39 – Recent Attack Breakdown
05:41 – The Security Arms Race
07:04 – AI vs Security Teams
08:13 – Lessons From Bybit
09:36 – The “Unfair Game”
11:17 – Coordinating Industry Response
12:01 – Closing Thoughts

Guest links:
Ronghui Gu – https://twitter.com/RonghuiGu
CertiK – https://twitter.com/CertiK

Host links:
Gareth Jenkinson – ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/gazza_jenks
The Block – https://twitter.com/theblockco
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