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Ripple Warns About AI Threat Following Bug That Could Have Created Billions of XRP
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Fusion42 · 11 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
A critical integer overflow vulnerability in the XRP Ledger payment engine could have allowed attackers to mint 18.45 trillion XRP, vastly exceeding the total supply, exposing serious security risks. The bug was discovered by an AI-based security system and prompted an emergency update without immediate source code disclosure, raising open-source transparency concerns.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Crypto & Web3, Cybersecurity and Security Infrastructure.
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You must treat AI-driven security tools as essential to catch vulnerabilities that traditional audits miss. Keeping fixes closed source risks undermining trust in your crypto protocol and invites regulatory scrutiny.
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