NEAR AI Internal Systems Compromised; AI Cloud Inference Service Suspended

According to TechFlow, on November 10, NEAR AI announced in an official post that unauthorized access to its internal systems had recently been detected. As a precautionary measure, NEAR AI Cloud inference service has been suspended and an investigation is underway.

NEAR AI stated that inference for NEAR AI Cloud runs in hardware-isolated trusted execution environments (TEEs) to protect the privacy of user prompts.

NEAR AI later updated that the unauthorized access had been blocked, the investigation is being finalized, and NEAR AI Cloud will remain suspended until it can be safely restored.

The official team emphasized that NEAR Protocol and other NEAR services are unaffected, and the next update will be provided within two hours.

Source: TechFlow