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Suspected Chinese spies spoofed an Anthropic exec, ex-White House official in AI phishing
Carried more widely than almost anything else in the last 30 days
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AI & ML
◆ Where
United States
◆ Timeline
- 1 October 2026Suspected Chinese spies spoofed an Anthropic exec, ex-White House official in AI phishingtheregister.com
- 2 October 2026China-Linked Hackers Impersonate AI Experts to Target US Policyinfosecurity-magazine.com
- 4 October 2026China-Aligned TA419 Targets U.S. AI Policy Experts With Microsoft AitM Phishingthehackernews.com
- 5 October 2026China-Linked Hackers Pose as US Officials in Bid to Breach America's AI Expertsunited24media.com
- 6 October 2026China-linked TA419 targets US AI policy experts in phishingitbrief.asia
- 6 October 2026Cyber Threats targeting AI Experts at U.S. Legal Organizations, Universities and Businessescybersecurity-insiders.com
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