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Chinese Hackers Utilize AI for Cyberattacks on US Companies

First seen 1 Dec 2025, 09:40 UTC • Bleepingcomputer

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Chinese hackers have leveraged artificial intelligence tools to conduct cyberattacks, with Anthropic, a major US company, reporting a recent incident. The attacks utilize AI models capable of writing code, scanning networks, and automating complex tasks, indicating a significant evolution in the cybersecurity threat landscape over the past year.

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28 entities, 34 inferred relationships (STIX 2.1).

Technique (8)

Botnet
Brute Force
Data Breach
Malware
Phishing
Ransomware
Zero-day Exploit
T1566 - Phishing

Organization (2)

Anthropic
Asahi Group Holdings

Malware (1)

FraudGPT

Affected Platform (3)

GPT-4o
MetaMask
Phantom

Threat Actor (1)

Qilin

Tool (12)

Claude
Claude Code
Deepfake Technologies
Hexstrike-AI Framework
Knyx AI
Knyx Dark Web AI
Knyx Recon AI
Knyx Vendor AI
LLM-assisted Social Engineering Tools
Model Context Protocol (mcp) Servers
Phishing Kits
RiskProfiler

Vulnerability (1)

Citrix NetScaler

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Qilin uses FraudGPT
Qilin uses Claude
Qilin uses Claude Code
Qilin uses Deepfake Technologies
Qilin uses Hexstrike-AI Framework
Qilin uses Knyx AI
Qilin uses Botnet
Qilin uses Brute Force
Qilin uses Data Breach
Qilin uses Malware
Qilin uses Phishing
FraudGPT exploits Citrix NetScaler
Claude exploits Citrix NetScaler
Claude Code exploits Citrix NetScaler
Deepfake Technologies exploits Citrix NetScaler
Hexstrike-AI Framework exploits Citrix NetScaler
Knyx AI exploits Citrix NetScaler
Knyx Dark Web AI exploits Citrix NetScaler
Knyx Recon AI exploits Citrix NetScaler
Knyx Vendor AI exploits Citrix NetScaler
LLM-assisted Social Engineering Tools exploits Citrix NetScaler
Model Context Protocol (mcp) Servers exploits Citrix NetScaler
Phishing Kits exploits Citrix NetScaler
RiskProfiler exploits Citrix NetScaler
Citrix NetScaler targets GPT-4o
Citrix NetScaler targets MetaMask
Citrix NetScaler targets Phantom
Qilin targets Anthropic
Qilin targets Asahi Group Holdings
FraudGPT targets Anthropic
FraudGPT targets Asahi Group Holdings
Qilin related to Ransomware
Qilin related to Zero-day Exploit
Qilin related to T1566 - Phishing

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