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A hacker used AI to automate an 'unprecedented' cybercrime spree, Anthropic says | The company behind the Claude chatbot said it caught a hacker using its chatbot to identify, hack and extort at least 17 companies.
The company behind the Claude chatbot said it caught a hacker using its chatbot to identify, hack and extort at least 17 companies.
A hacker has exploited a leading artificial intelligence chatbot to conduct the most comprehensive and lucrative AI cybercriminal operation known to date, using it to do everything from find targets to write ransom notes. The chatbot then analyzed the companies’ hacked financial documents to help determine a realistic amount of bitcoin to demand in exchange for the hacker’s promise not to publish that material. “While we have taken steps to prevent this type of misuse, we expect this model to become increasingly common as AI lowers the barrier to entry for sophisticated cybercrime operations,” the report found.
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