State-affiliated Chinese hackers are dramatically scaling up foreign cyberattacks by integrating open-source artificial intelligence (AI) models into their operations, according to new research from cybersecurity firms TeamT5 and Palo Alto Networks Inc.’s Unit 42. By offloading mundane tasks and automated target-mapping to cheap, accessible AI tools, state-backed cyber groups have more than doubled their attack..
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