NEAR AI confirmed it stopped unauthorized access to its internal systems and paused NEAR AI Cloud operations while investigating the incident.
The breach did not affect NEAR Protocol, the layer-one blockchain that operates independently from NEAR AI's corporate infrastructure. On-chain data shows no abnormal transactions or unusual activity on the NEAR mainnet since the security alert.
The incident is isolated to NEAR AI's corporate network and cloud services. User funds and smart contract functionality on NEAR Protocol remain unaffected. NEAR AI said it will provide updates as its internal probe concludes and will resume Cloud services once it fully resolves the security matter.
For NEAR token holders, the distinction matters. The core blockchain's decentralized consensus mechanism operates separately from corporate operational security. Investors tracking the ecosystem can verify protocol integrity directly on-chain rather than relying solely on corporate assurances. Bitcoin trades at $74,472, down 0.4 percent over 24 hours. Ethereum is at $2,112, down 1.3 percent.
