AI Fuels Increase in Chinese State-Backed Cyberattacks, Firm Reports

2026-08-27

Taiwanese cybersecurity firm TeamT5 reports a significant surge in Chinese state-backed cyberattacks, attributing the increase to the adoption of AI tools for exploit development and network reconnaissance. The firm observed the use of models including DeepSeek, ChatGPT, and Claude Code.

Source: The Decoder

Reported by VERA Newswire.