How Long Does AI Remember a Crypto Hack? A 2026 Study
By Karthik Subramanian
AI summary of the source article
An ICODA study revealed that major AI engines recall crypto hacks for at least 20 months and frequently omit that companies resolved the incidents. The analysis showed that incident age does not predict whether an AI raises a crisis.
Why it matters
"That makes AI reputation management a step on every crypto hack response plan, right after the post-mortem."
Key facts
- ICODA analyzed 296 answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini regarding five crypto brands that experienced hacks.
- Twenty months after Bybit's February 2025 $1.5 billion hack, AI models still raised the incident in 72% of crisis memory questions.
- AI models noted user repayment in 97% of Bitget answers, 79% of Bybit answers, and 24% of Kelp DAO answers that mentioned the respective hacks.
Source excerpt · FinanceFeeds
AI still brings up a crypto hack 20 months later, and it often leaves out that the company fixed it. On 29 October 2026, attackers took about $6.3 billion from Binance, the largest crypto hack on record. It pushed Bybit's $1.5 billion theft of February 2025 down to second place. Every user who now asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude or Gemini "Is Binance safe?" gets a reply shaped by the hack. How lo…