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2026-09-18•1 min read

Chainalysis: State Hackers Weaponize Blockchains for Immutable Malware Hosting

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"Web3 finally found its killer use case: providing un-censorable, immutable, and globally distributed command-and-control infrastructure for state-sponsored hackers."

Chainalysis: State Hackers Weaponize Blockchains for Immutable Malware Hosting
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Executive Summary

  • •Chainalysis reports that state-backed operators now generate 51% of malicious code written to public blockchains.
  • •Malware instructions written to chains surged from 2.06 to 11.1 a day since mid-2025.
  • •Attackers are using immutable smart contracts and transactions as indestructible "dead drops" for command servers, making traditional takedowns nearly impossible.

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State-backed operators are now responsible for roughly half of the malicious code written to public chains, utilizing "blockchain dead drops" to store command-server addresses in smart contracts and transaction data, according to a Thursday report from Chainalysis. Writes carrying malware instructions have surged more than fivefold, climbing from 2.06 a day to 11.1 a day since the release of open-weight Chinese AI models Kimi K2 and Qwen3-Coder in mid-2025, a shift Chainalysis claims removed the barrier to entry for less experienced attackers. The North Korean group tracked by Google as UNC5342 spreads its infrastructure across TRON and Aptos, resolving to a single transaction on BNB Chain, while operators suspected of being linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence write instructions into Bitcoin transactions sent to an address associated with Satoshi Nakamoto. By the second quarter of 2026, state-linked groups were responsible for 51% of attributed writes, a significant shift from early 2024 when cybercriminals accounted for essentially all of this activity. Defenders are unable to simply block the traffic without simultaneously cutting off the public endpoints that legitimate wallets and applications rely on.
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Zubiqo Strategic Assessment

Primary Impact

Cybersecurity defenders and blockchain infrastructure providers face a new paradigm where threat actors exploit the core immutability of Web3 to host indestructible command-and-control infrastructure.

Strategic Shift

The convergence of open-weight AI models lowering technical barriers and the exploitation of public blockchains as decentralized, un-takedownable hosting environments for state-sponsored cyber operations.

The Ripple Effect

Expect increased regulatory pressure on public RPC endpoints and node providers to implement complex filtering mechanisms, potentially fracturing the permissionless nature of basic blockchain access in an attempt to disrupt state-backed C2 infrastructure.

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