Artificial intelligence is changing the rules of cybercrime: now years of experience are not needed for a large-scale hacker attack.
According to CrowdStrike, a 26-year-old amateur from southern China was able to use chatbots to attack at least nine major banks in South Korea. After that, he even asked the AI to help sell the stolen financial data and put together a fake resume with cybersecurity skills.
"With the development of technologies like this, almost anyone can now become a superhacker," said Adam Myers of CrowdStrike.
AI helps not only attackers, but also cyber security experts to find vulnerabilities and respond to threats faster. At the same time, experts fear that in the near future it will be the attackers who have the upper hand.
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