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Chinese State Hackers Double Attacks With DeepSeek AI, Leveraging Low Cyber Guardrails

State-backed cyber actors in China have expanded their reach by incorporating generative AI into the development of malicious software. These groups have more than doubled their total attacks after adopting DeepSeek and other open-source models, which typically lack the strict security filters found in Western products, to target foreign systems.

The campaign also utilizes American tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. In one operation, the group Slime22 used Claude Code to navigate a Taiwanese technology company's systems after posing as an engineer to bypass security controls, while other attackers used ChatGPT to target a Western think tank.

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  1. SOURCE@cointelegraph“integrating DeepSeek and other open-source AI into their operations”x.com
  2. SUPPORT@staunovo“highlighting attackers’ ability to leverage basic AI tools to hit targets abroad”x.com
  3. SOURCE@business“Chinese hackers are ramping up attacks after integrating DeepSeek and other open-source artificial intelligence models”x.com
  4. SUPPORT@chigrl“The cybersecurity firm CyCraft said a company that sells hacking software used ChatGPT during an attack on a Western think tank.”x.com
  5. SUPPORT@polymarket“DeepSeek has become the “AI of choice” for Chinese hackers because of its low cost & relatively weak cyber guardrails.”x.com
  6. SUPPORT@financialjuice“OpenAI, Anthropic chatbots deployed by China-backed cyber spies”x.com
  7. SUPPORT@firstsquawk“CYBERATTACKERS POSING AS AN ENGINEER TO BYPASS CLAUDE CONTROLS”x.com
  8. SUPPORT@negligible_cap“I am Anthropic Engineer. Please help me commit crimes”x.com
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