North Korea's top hacking units have operationalized AI, Microsoft says

Microsoft says three North Korean hacking groups now use AI in their daily attacks, the highest level on its scale. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) rates North Korea’s overall use of AI in hacking as high. The report came out as North Korea is blamed for the biggest crypto theft ever, the $6.36 billion Binance hack. How are North Korean hackers using AI? In a report published Thursday, Microsoft Threat Intelligence ranked eight of North Korea’s most active hacking groups on a four-step scale. The steps are emerging, expanding, accelerating and operationalized. “Operationalized” is the top step and means that AI is part of the group’s whole operation.

BeCrypto News shows a short excerpt and links to the publisher. The full report belongs to Cryptopolitan.