India flags China-linked AI tools in ongoing financial sector hacking campaign
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India's cybersecurity agency CERT-In reported that hackers, identified as the Crafty Falcon group, used publicly available AI tools linked to China to automate break-ins against financial firms at scale. The agency characterized the threat as active and ongoing, with attackers leveraging freely available software to conduct intrusions at what it described as machine speed.
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India flags Chinese-linked AI tools in hacking campaign against financial firms (opens CNA in a new tab)
India's cybersecurity agency said the attackers used publicly available AI tools to automate break-ins "at machine speed", calling the threat "active and ongoing".
Hackers used China-linked AI tools to steal from Indian financial firms (opens The Hindu in a new tab)
Cybersecurity agency CERT-In says hacking group Crafty Falcon automated break-ins “at machine speed” with freely available software