Bitcoin bridge service Boltz indefinitely suspends exchange services due to uncontrolled AI attack speed

TechFlow news, August 5, according to Decrypt, non-custodial Bitcoin exchange service provider Boltz announced an indefinite suspension of its Bitcoin exchange services, as the iteration speed of AI-assisted attacks has exceeded its team's vulnerability patching capability. Boltz stated that automated AI probing attacks have continued to increase over the past few months, and multiple vulnerability exploitation incidents have been handled, but recently the pace of attacks has significantly accelerated, and it is suspected that multiple well-resourced attack organizations are launching attacks against its platform simultaneously, making it impossible for the team to operate safely during the patching period.

Currently, Boltz TVL is approximately $262,000. As the platform adopts a non-custodial architecture where user funds are self-custodied throughout the process, the team confirmed that no user funds are at risk, and API refund channels and unilateral refund functions are still operating normally.