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SOURCE-LINKED INTELLIGENCE
Alleged State-Sponsored Hackers Escalate Purported Phishing Attacks Using Artificial Intelligence
State-sponsored hackers from North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China are reportedly leveraging artificial intelligence to conduct sophisticated phishing and social engineering attacks. They target global defense, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency sectors, aiming to steal sensitive information and, in the case of North Korea, cryptocurrencies to help fund its illicit nuclear program.
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- incident-report
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2024-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2024-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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