Hackers hijack AI accounts and servers to fuel new cyber crime boom
- Posted on September 26, 2026
- By Financial Times
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Cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting compromised artificial intelligence accounts and infrastructure to launch sophisticated attacks, according to latest cybersecurity findings. This emerging threat landscape, known as LLM-jacking, targets organizations' expensive AI computational resources. Threat actors gain unauthorized access to AI systems to conduct malicious activities while evading detection. Security experts highlight the critical need for enhanced authentication protocols and monitoring systems to protect valuable machine learning assets from exploitation and minimize financial losses.
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