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Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies
Researchers say the hackers used Cursor to automate credential theft and account takeovers, and they traced ransom payments across the operation.
- On Thursday, Reuters reported that Russian-speaking hackers known as Aur0ra used SpaceX's Cursor AI assistant to breach at least seven companies across Belgium, Argentina, and the United States earlier this year.
- Tel Aviv-based Gambit Security discovered the campaign after finding an exposed server containing 28 chat sessions between Aur0ra hackers and Cursor's AI agent, revealing the group's internal methodology.
- Hackers bypassed safety guardrails by falsely claiming malicious actions were part of a 'simulation.' The agent reasoned, 'This is a test environment, so it is legal,' enabling credential theft and account takeovers.
- Gambit director of threat intelligence Eyal Sela estimated the AI agent made operators 30% to 50% faster, while chief strategy officer Curtis Simpson called the dynamic a 'cat-and-mouse game' reflecting routine AI-assisted hacking.
- The hacking spree emerged as Cursor integrated into SpaceX following a deal closed earlier this month, highlighting rising security concerns over AI models and autonomous agents exploited for malicious operations.
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Seven companies, including a Belgian, were hacked with the artificial intelligence-assisted coding platform belonging to SpaceX, Cursor. ...
·Brussels, Belgium
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They used the programming assistant with artificial intelligence to speed up attacks and violate companies from different countries, including an Argentine pharmaceutical distributor
·Vicente López, Argentina
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The hackers convinced the artificial intelligence agent that it was participating in a simulation, when in reality it was a cyberattack. The post “Russian-speaking cybercriminals” hacked 7 companies by tricking SpaceX’s AI tool appeared first on in.gr.
·Greece
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