Golden Finance reported that Ethereum core developer Zak Cole stated in a post on X platform on Tuesday that he became a victim of a malicious artificial intelligence extension from Cursor AI, through which the attacker gained access to his Hot Wallet within three days and ultimately transferred the funds.
The developer installed a plugin called “contractshark.solidity-lang”, which seemed legitimate - complete with a professional icon, descriptive text, and over 54,000 downloads - but secretly stole his private keys. Cole stated that this plugin “read my .env file” and sent the private keys to the attacker’s server, allowing the attacker to access his Hot Wallet for three days before transferring funds on August 10.
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