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Google Says Criminal Hackers Used AI to Find a Major Software Flaw
A criminal hacking group recently attempted to launch a widespread cyberattack using a previously unknown bug in a popular open-source web-based system administration tool. There is strong evidence that the actor likely leveraged an AI model to support the discovery and weaponization of the vulnerability. The software maker was notified quickly enough to allow for a patch before the attack could do damage. This is the first known example of a zero-day bug being put to malicious use by hackers enabled chiefly by AI.
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