Bankr: Attacker Accessed 14 Wallets on AI Trading Platform

Bankr confirmed an attacker accessed 14 wallets on its AI-powered crypto trading platform on Monday, halted transactions and locked down affected accounts while it investigates and pledged to reimburse any losses.

The platform runs an AI agent that executes buy, sell, swap and limit orders from natural-language text commands. Bankr paused activity after receiving reports of compromised wallets and later identified the 14 affected addresses. The company posted on X: ‘update: we’ve identified an attacker was able to access 14 bankr wallets. we’ve temporarily locked things down while we work through the details. we will be reimbursing any and all lost funds. will provide more updates as we have them.’

Bankr published recovery guidance asking affected users to stop sending funds to compromised addresses, create new seed phrases on clean devices, revoke any open spend permissions and scan computers and phones for malware or malicious browser extensions. The firm advised users to verify device security before restoring access to wallets.

In one reported exchange, the AI agent told a user their BNKR and USDC balances on the Base network were already zero and noted that confirmed on-chain transactions cannot be reversed, pointing to limits on recovering funds once transfers settle on-chain.

Industry tracking shows May recorded 14 separate hacks across decentralized finance protocols and that total crypto stolen in 2026 has passed $800 million.

Bankr is working with its security team to determine how the attacker obtained access and to identify affected customers. The company has not released technical details about the vulnerability. Users have been asked to follow Bankr’s official channels for updates and to report suspicious activity to the platform’s support team.