Crypto Firms Under Attack: AI-Assisted CRAFTY FALCON Exploits Systems to Steal Digital Assets

India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned that an AI-assisted financial threat actor named CRAFTY FALCON is actively targeting banks, fintech companies, payment service providers, as well as cryptocurrency exchanges, stealing wallet keys and siphoning funds. According to CERT-In, the campaign has continued despite earlier warnings and remediation efforts. Affected entities, including non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and fintech firms, have reported successful attacks. Funds At Risk The threat actor has been deliberately re-targeting entities that had already received restricted advisories, especially where remediation was incomplete. Attacks have also been timed to coincide with holidays, weekends, and other periods of low monitoring, which has delayed detection and response.

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