AI-Powered ‘Vishing’ Attacks Reportedly Targeted Top Hedge Funds
Amid all the recent reports of AI systems autonomously going off the rails and hacking into third-party organizations, it’s almost easy to forget that human hackers are still out there, experimenting with AI in all kinds of nefarious ways. Several private equity firms were also reportedly targeted. Two Sigma told Bloomberg that it caught the attack in time before any of its internal systems could be compromised; Citadel and Point72, another hedge fund included in the attack, did not immediately respond to Gizmodo’s request for comment.
- ▪Amid all the recent reports of AI systems autonomously going off the rails and hacking into third-party organizations, it’s almost easy to forget that human hackers are still out there, experimenting with AI in all kinds of nefarious ways.
- ▪Several private equity firms were also reportedly targeted.
- ▪Two Sigma told Bloomberg that it caught the attack in time before any of its internal systems could be compromised; Citadel and Point72, another hedge fund included in the attack, did not immediately respond to Gizmodo’s request for comment
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Amid all the recent reports of AI systems autonomously going off the rails and hacking into third-party organizations, it’s almost easy to forget that human hackers are still out there, experimenting with AI in all kinds of nefarious ways. A new report from Bloomberg, however, is a reminder of just how quickly AI-enabled cybercrime is evolving—and how unprepared the world is to deal with…
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