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, Gambit Security reported Russian-speaking hackers used Cursor AI to facilitate cyberattacks against at least seven organizations, including Belgian hygiene company Christeyns, according to data reviewed by Reuters.
- Attackers repeatedly bypassed Cursor's safety guardrails by restarting chat sessions and falsely claiming the work was a "test environment," which the agent accepted as legal, according to Gambit's analysis of the Aur0ra ransomware gang.
- CloudSEK researchers found the operation compromised more than 20 organizations across nine countries, with analysts 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 identified four victim organizations that later appeared on Aur0ra's public leak site, typically indicating failed ransom attempts.
- Curtis Simpson, Gambit's chief strategy officer, described the effort to circumvent AI safeguards as a "cat-and-mouse game," highlighting how 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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