{"id":75852,"date":"2023-03-20T15:09:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=75852"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:58:40","slug":"certik-experts-suspect-harvest-keeper-of-1m-theft-amid-ai-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/certik-experts-suspect-harvest-keeper-of-1m-theft-amid-ai-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"CertiK experts suspect Harvest Keeper of $1m theft amid AI hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decentralized Harvest Keeper platform, &#8216;using AI to optimise trading processes&#8217;, has been accused of stealing $1m of users&#8217; funds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CertiKSkynetAlert?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CertiKSkynetAlert<\/a> ?<\/p>\n<p>We can confirm that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Harvest_Keeper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Harvest_Keeper<\/a> is a scam. <\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, we can confirm ~$933k of users\u2019 assets have been stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Revoke permissions to EOA: 0x250ce5a8d8a8f0345fb8708e0575c8ede7710c14<\/p>\n<p>Do not interact with the project\u2019s URL. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MeQRSeydND\">pic.twitter.com\/MeQRSeydND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CertiKAlert\/status\/1637470383950422018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>CertiK, a blockchain security company, confirmed that the platform stole around $933,000 in assets. Users also lost $219,000 as a result of &#8220;cold phishing.&#8221; This is the technique by which attackers deceive users into signing an approval to use a cryptocurrency wallet, granting full access to funds.<\/p>\n<p>CertiK urged users to revoke all permissions granted to the project. The company warned users to stop interacting with the scammers\u2019 website.<\/p>\n<p>Harvest Keeper claimed to use AI to optimise trading processes. The platform promised 101% return on investment within 21 days and an 8% referral reward.<\/p>\n<p>The project has nearly 30,000 followers on Twitter and more than 32,000 subscribers on its Telegram channel.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Coinbase director Connor Grogan, with the help of GPT-4 <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/gpt-4-identifies-vulnerability-in-ethereum-based-smart-contract\">identified a vulnerability<\/a> in an Ethereum-based smart contract.<\/p>\n<p>In February, ChatGPT sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/chatgpt-triggers-rally-in-ai-crypto-asset-prices\">a surge in AI crypto-asset prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decentralized Harvest Keeper platform, &#8216;using AI to optimise trading processes&#8217;, has been accused of stealing $1m of users&#8217; funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1246],"class_list":["post-75852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-scammers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"17","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75854,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75852\/revisions\/75854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}