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Clawdbot, an open-source AI assistant that gained 60,000+ GitHub stars in days, was forced to rebrand to Moltbot after Anthropic issued a trademark request. During the rename, crypto scammers hijacked the original accounts within 10 seconds, launching fake tokens that reached $16M market cap. Security researchers simultaneously discovered hundreds of exposed instances with leaked API keys and vulnerabilities allowing remote code execution. The incident raises questions about AI companies enforcing trademarks against projects that drive their API usage, the security risks of self-hosted AI agents with system access, and the fragility of building on corporate platforms.

From Clawdbot to Moltbot: How a C&D, Crypto Scammers, and 10 Seconds of Chaos Took Down the Internet's Hottest AI Project

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