> Hackers hijack exposed AI models to launch cyberattacks at victims’ expense
[AUTHOR: Sinisa Markovic]
[DATE: 23/10/2026 08:21]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
An attack tool built around AI goes looking for AI models that anyone on the internet can reach, then uses them to plan break-ins while the model’s owner pays for the computing power. Symantec captured the agent’s instruction set this summer through a honeypot posing as an unprotected AI service, researchers Priti More and Susmit Yenkar wrote. Its operators sent their entire working prompt to the decoy, expecting a live model on the other end … More →
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