Anthropic announced Thursday that Chinese state-backed hackers used the company’s AI Model Cloud to automate nearly 30 attacks on corporations and governments during the September campaign, according to reports. wall street journal,
Anthropic said that 80% to 90% of the attack was automated with AI, a higher level than previous hacks. “It literally happened with the click of a button, and then with minimal human interaction,” said Jacob Klein, Anthropic’s head of threat intelligence. magazineHe added: “The human was only involved at a few critical chokepoints, saying, ‘Yes, continue,’ ‘Don’t continue,’ ‘Thank you for this information,’ ‘Oh, this doesn’t feel right, Cloud, are you sure?'”
AI-powered hacking is becoming increasingly common, and is also the latest strategy to use AI to simultaneously tackle the various tasks required for a successful attack. Google observed Russian hackers using large-language models to generate commands for its malware, according to a company report released on November 5.
For years, the US government has warned that China is using AI to steal data from American citizens and companies, which China has denied. Anthropic said magazine He believes the hackers were sponsored by the Chinese government. In this campaign, hackers stole sensitive data from four victims, but like previous hacks, Anthropic did not disclose the names of successful or unsuccessful targets. The company said that the US government was not a successful target.