Criminal Hackers Used AI to Find, Weaponize Software Flaw, Google Says

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The Google logo outside the company’s offices in London on June 24, 2025. Carlos Jasso/ReutersGoogle said it has disrupted a criminal hacking group that appeared to use artificial intelligence to find and weaponize a previously unknown security hole, marking a moment that cybersecurity experts had long warned would come.In a blog post on May 11, Google Threat Intelligence Group said it identified a threat actor attempting to use a “zero-day” exploit in a mass attack. A zero-day is a software or hardware vulnerability that is unknown to the developers and defenders, leaving them with zero days to fix it before attackers can take advantage of it.

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