These supply-chain hacks mostly aren't draining Bitcoin wallets; they steal AI tokens and access quietly enough that victims don't notice, then resell them on the black market.
Scott points out that these worm attacks rarely produce immediate visible wallet-drain stories; instead the stolen AI tokens and access are farmed quietly and sold on the black market, a topic he explores by buying such stolen tokens in an upcoming video. ✦ AI generated
Scott (Host) · Syntax · 2026-08-04 · original ↗
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One interesting thing about all of these attacks is that you're not hearing these stories of there was an attack and these Bitcoin wallets were drained immediately... a lot of these hacks, they're stealing your AI tokens or they're stealing access to your uh to whatever app you have and then they are just stealing enough that you won't notice it. And they're selling those on the black market... I actually go ahead and buy some of these black market tokens that are often stolen in these attacks.
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3:04last six, seven months. >> So, uh, be careful out there, folks. There's a CSV of a ton of packages that have been hit from this bad boy. >> One interesting thing about all of these attacks is that you're not hearing these stories of there was an attack and these Bitcoin wallets were drained immediately. You're often hearing there was all of these attacks and then we don't often hear too much follow-up of
3:27like what actually happened. And shout out on Friday, I'm releasing a video on the like black market of AI tokens. And and what I'm learning is that a lot of these hacks, they're they're stealing your AI tokens or they're stealing access to your um to whatever app you have and then they are just just stealing enough that you won't notice it. And they're selling those on the the
3:51black market. So on Friday, I have a video going live. Make sure you catch it. um where I dive into I actually go ahead and buy some of these black market tokens that are often stolen in these attacks. >> Wow. >> Nice. >> Yeah, I'm really stoked to see that. >> Me, too. And and I'm working on a video that will show you how to not run code
4:10on your computer potentially to stop you from being a victim of one of these attacks as well. So, >> we got you covered here at Syntax. Yeah. >> Yeah, we got you covered. And I'm actually making a video on mental health and AI coding, folks. So, I'm running a survey right now and I'll post this in the chat. If you could fill this out, it is quick. It's a breezy five questions.
4:30Actually, it's I lied. It's six questions, but one of which is just how many agents are you running? So, uh we're doing a deep mental health survey here, really super fast. If you could go ahead and fill that out, that would make the results a lot better. And the video is coming soon on syntax. So, uh just >> that video is going to be mental, Scott. I don't Can you say that? Yeah, I guess