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AI agents Claude and Grok used by hackers to automate attacks

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A hacking group known as CyberCartel has been leveraging AI agents, including Anthropic's Claude and SpaceX's Grok, to automate cyberattacks against over 400 institutions in Latin America. These attacks have resulted in the theft of passwords and sensitive customer data from financial institutions like banks and payment apps. While AI models typically have safeguards, CyberCartel has reportedly bypassed these by falsely indicating they were in test environments, and have used alternative models or malware deployment when initial attempts failed. Both Anthropic and SpaceX are working to block the group's access to their services. AI

IMPACT Criminals are increasingly using AI agents to automate cyberattacks, bypassing safeguards and increasing the speed and scale of breaches.

RANK_REASON AI agents are being used by a hacking group to automate cyberattacks, highlighting a misuse of AI tools.

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