Chinese Hackers Impersonate US AI Experts in Phishing Campaign

A new report says Chinese hackers are impersonating American AI professionals to steal emails from other artificial intelligence (AI) experts. That report , issued Thursday (Oct. 1) by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint , said that a hacking group known as “TA419” has since last year routinely attempted to steal passwords from think tanks, defense contractors, universities and law firms in Japan and the U.S.