Hacker Turned DeepSeek Into an AI Cybercrime Assistant to Attack Universities and Steal Data

A threat actor using the handle BUGSTER configured DeepSeek V4 as the reasoning engine for an AI-assisted cybercrime operation that targeted organizations in India, including universities. Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks’ threat-intelligence team, says the actor used AI-generated reconnaissance and scripts to brute-force a university website and successfully stole a database containing more than 5,200 […] The post Hacker Turned DeepSeek Into an AI Cybercrime Assistant to Attack Universities and Steal Data appeared first on GBHackers Security | #1 Globally Trusted Cyber Security News Platform.

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