Alleged State-Sponsored Hackers Escalate Purported Phishing Attacks Using Artificial Intelligence

February 18, 2024

Global defense, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency sectors face a heightened risk from state-sponsored hackers using artificial intelligence for advanced phishing and social engineering attacks. These hackers, from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China, aim to steal sensitive information and cryptocurrencies to fund illicit activities.

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Alleged deployer: russian-hackers, north-korean-hackers, iranian-hackers, chinese-hackers
Alleged developer: russian-government, north-korean-government, iranian-government, chinese-government
Alleged harmed parties: individual-professionals-on-linkedin, global-defense-companies, cybersecurity-firms, cryptocurrency-exchanges

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