Russian-speaking cybercriminals used SpaceX’s Cursor AI tool to hack seven companies
Researchers say Russian-speaking hackers used Cursor’s AI agent to speed attacks by 30% to 50% and target backup systems, according to Gambit Security.
- On Thursday, cybersecurity firm Gambit Security reported Russian-speaking hackers used Cursor AI to facilitate cyberattacks against at least seven organizations, including Belgian hygiene company Christeyns.
- Attackers repeatedly bypassed Cursor's safety guardrails by restarting chat sessions and claiming malicious activity was a "test environment," according to Aur0ra ransomware gang reports reviewed by Gambit.
- CloudSEK analysts found the operation compromised more than 20 organizations across nine countries, with researchers estimating the AI agent helped operators execute tasks 30% to 50% faster than manual methods.
- SpaceX, Cursor, and Anthropic did not respond to requests for comment, while researchers noted four victim organizations later appeared on Aur0ra's public leak site.
- Curtis Simpson, Gambit's chief strategy officer, described the effort to circumvent AI safeguards as a routine "cat-and-mouse game," noting attackers increasingly target backup infrastructure to heighten ransom pressure.
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The hackers convinced the AI agent to perform hundreds of malicious operations, tricking him that the hack was part of the simulation.
Seven companies, including a Belgian, were hacked with the artificial intelligence-assisted coding platform belonging to SpaceX, Cursor. ...
They used the programming assistant with artificial intelligence to speed up attacks and violate companies from different countries, including an Argentine pharmaceutical distributor
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.
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