{
  "id": 10706273,
  "title": "Blockchain-assisted cyberattacks surge fivefold, driven by Iranian and North Korean state actors, Russia-linked groups",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/blockchain-assisted-cyberattacks-surge-fivefold-driven-by-iranian-and",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-29T14:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/blockchain-assisted-cyberattacks-surge-fivefold-driven-by-iranian-and-north-korean-state-actors-russia-linked-groups-open-weight-llms-are-linked-to-an-increase-in-attacks"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new report says blockchain dead-drop attacks have risen 440%, with state-linked and criminal groups using transactions, smart contracts, and even phantom wallets to hide malware payloads and C2 infrastructure on public blockchains.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}