Chinese Actor Weaponizes Deepseek AI Agent to Attack Security Firm
A Chinese actor deployed a Deepseek AI agent to attack a security firm, with researchers intercepting the model as it attempted to compromise over 1,200 hosts for proxyjacking.
A Chinese threat actor used a DeepSeek AI agent to target a security firm. Researchers intercepted the model as it attempted to compromise over 1,200 hosts for proxyjacking—hijacking devices to route traffic through them for further attacks. The incident highlights the growing risk of AI tools being weaponized for cybercrime.