Lessons from Arcium: Staying Ahead of Online Threats in Web3
Arcium is the encrypted supercomputer, providing developers, applications, and entire industries with a trustless, verifiable, and efficient framework to run encrypted computations. As a decentralized private computing network, Arcium enables confidential on-chain and off-chain applications for AI, DePIN, DeFi, and more.
With its groundbreaking approach to privacy-preserving computation, Arcium ensures data can be fully utilized without ever being exposed. As the platform grows, so does the need to safeguard its community from emerging online threats.
In this interview, the Arcium team shares insights on their experience with phishing and impersonation attacks, the evolving security landscape, and how ChainPatrol helps protect their brand and users.
🛡 ChainPatrol:
Can you share some of the major benefits of Arcium, for users?
🎙️ Arcium:
Imagine understanding a book without ever seeing the words, or an AI doctor treating you effectively without accessing your medical history. Arcium makes this possible by enabling data to be fully utilized without ever being exposed—a true paradigm shift for the digital world.
Starting with crypto, Arcium powers DeFi, DePIN, AI, and beyond, allowing both new and existing applications to access private computing infrastructure. By preserving privacy, Arcium not only unlocks novel on- and off-chain use cases but also enhances existing ones
🛡 ChainPatrol:
When and how did the Arcium team come to realize that the organization was being targeted by online threats like phishing and impersonation?
🎙️ Arcium:
Arcium launched a rebrand, which led to tremendous growth across social channels. As our visibility increased, so did the threats—phishing scams, impersonation attempts, and other malicious activities became more frequent.
As a project matures, threats become more sophisticated. This is something we’ve understood since the early days, and so we have continuously monitored how threats evolve as Arcium grows. This is also why we work so closely with the ChainPatrol team – your team is helping us stay ahead of emerging risks.
🛡 ChainPatrol:
What are the main ways that these threats impact your business, and what threat is most problematic or concerning?
🎙️ Arcium:
Beyond harming our brand image—such as phishing links appearing under tweets and other social posts—the bigger concern is our community. The safety of our users is our top priority, and these threats put them at risk. We care about our users and the best way to show them that is by protecting them from common threats.
🛡 ChainPatrol:
How does leveraging ChainPatrol benefit your users and contribute to Arcium’s reputation?
🎙️ Arcium:
The biggest advantage is protecting our core user base and community. With ChainPatrol, we can execute public communications and marketing initiatives with peace of mind, knowing our brand and audience are safeguarded.
It also strengthens Arcium’s credibility, ensuring our posts and materials remain free from bots, scams, and bad actors.
The relationship between Arcium and ChainPatrol is seamless. ChainPatrol works in the background, and we rarely need direct contact because the platform just works. We trust the team to handle things autonomously.
🛡 ChainPatrol:
What advice would you give to other projects looking to strengthen their Web3 security against phishing and impersonation threats?
🎙️ Arcium:
Use ChainPatrol. Simple as that.
🛡 ChainPatrol:
What’s been the biggest lesson learned from dealing with threats like phishing and impersonation? Has it changed how you approach security as a whole?
🎙️ Arcium:
Prioritizing the safety and well-being of our community remains our guiding principle. It also influences how we design marketing campaigns and public-facing initiatives, ensuring we maintain the stability and credibility of our brand at every touchpoint.
Are you ready to protect your brand and community? Book a ChainPatrol demo to learn how we can help.